snarles comments on The Anthropic Trilemma - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 September 2009 01:47AM

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Comment author: snarles 20 May 2011 07:40:18PM *  1 point [-]

This.

How does Yudkosky's careless statement "Just as computer programs or brains can split, they ought to be able to merge" not immediately light up as the weakest link of the entire post?

If you think merging ought to work, then why not also think that quantum suicide ought to work?