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Along with 99% of humanity my IQ isn't high enough for me to ever understand the math behind quantum physics. So I can't do the math myself, or figure out which physicist to trust when the physicists disagree.
Given your IQ and information set many worlds might be a slam dunk. But I submit that anyone with my IQ or lower would necessarily be irrational to think that many worlds is a slam dunk.
They don't have to think it's a slam-dunk. They just have to choose "Yes" if the choices are "Yes" or "No".
In effect, you're encouraging rationalist posers to signal agreement with you on these signature issues. By talking about the signal and its interpretation, you weaken it.
You obviously don't poll Less Wrong readers using those keys!
Does that mean you're holding some in reserve?