zero_call comments on A Much Better Life? - Less Wrong

61 Post author: Psychohistorian 03 February 2010 08:01PM

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Comment author: thomblake 04 February 2010 09:24:10PM 1 point [-]

I like this comment, however I think this is technically false:

I think most people agree about the importance of "the substrate universe" whether that universe is this one, or actually higher than our own.

I think most people don't have an opinion about this, and don't know what "substrate" means. But then, "most people" is a bit hard to nail down in common usage.

Comment author: Alicorn 04 February 2010 09:25:56PM 4 points [-]

I think it's useful to quantify over "people who know what the question would mean" in most cases.

Comment author: thomblake 04 February 2010 09:53:34PM 3 points [-]

Thinking through some test cases, I think you're probably right.