AllanCrossman comments on News: Improbable Coincidence Slows LHC Repairs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Zachary_Kurtz 09 November 2009 08:18:51PM 0 points [-]

The probability of you making the observation that the LHC persistently fails to turn on is something like 1 if there exists a malevolent God who doesn't want humans to learn more about physics.

I don't see how God (and other bad explanations) can be ruled out given the experimental conditions being described. You've observed that the LHC can't be turned on but the only reason, as far as I can tell, why the MWI is being chosen as the source of the dilemma is because we're already starting with the assumption that the MWI is correct and relevant here.

If this is not actually a 'begging the question' fallacy, please demonstrate, or I'll assume either myself or everyone else is missing something important.

Comment author: AllanCrossman 09 November 2009 09:11:56PM 0 points [-]

the only reason, as far as I can tell, why the MWI is being chosen as the source of the dilemma is because we're already starting with the assumption that the MWI is correct and relevant here.

I think we're starting with the assumption that it's vastly more likely than the other possible explanations.