komponisto comments on Demands for Particular Proof: Appendices - Less Wrong
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (60)
You can't imagine anything that improbable. Unless we adopt Robin's anthropic penalty, in which case "I am in a unique position to affect 3^^^^^3 other people" is that improbable.
Actually, the beauty of mathematics is that it enables us to imagine such things -- just as surely as it tells us that there ain't nothin' we're talkin' about that's anywhere near that.