Kevin comments on My Fundamental Question About Omega - Less Wrong

6 Post author: MrHen 10 February 2010 05:26PM

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Comment author: Kevin 11 February 2010 12:19:00PM *  0 points [-]

This invokes all sorts of assumptions about choice and free-will, but in terms of phrasing the question these assumptions do not matter.

I would recommend skipping ahead in the sequences to http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Free_will_(solution)

Comment author: MrHen 11 February 2010 03:30:37PM 2 points [-]

The wiki tells me I should try to solve the problem on my own. I assume that this is a serious request, so I will not read through that sequence yet.

Comment author: Kevin 11 February 2010 08:53:49PM 0 points [-]

Then you can read the set-up post, at least. http://lesswrong.com/lw/of/dissolving_the_question/