Johnicholas comments on There just has to be something more, you know? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cousin_it 24 March 2010 10:31:28AM *  6 points [-]

essentially, I believe in all possible things, and all entities existing in all possible contexts.

Dust Theory has a problem: there are many more possible chaotic worlds than possible ordered worlds. Therefore each conscious observer must believe that they appeared in the smallest ordered bubble that can sustain them; in other words, that the beautiful order they observe is an accident, and chaos will reach us at the speed of light any moment now. So, do you really think you will morph into a pheasant tomorrow?

Comment author: Johnicholas 27 March 2010 07:11:04PM 1 point [-]
  1. In order to say there are "more" chaotic worlds, you have to pick a measure to put on the space of all possible worlds.
  2. If you did want to put a measure on the space of all possible worlds, nothing forces you to put more weight on the chaotic ones than the ordered ones.
  3. With a measure, you can give probabilities to things - but as you've noticed, those probabilities may not correspond to your current informal notion of probability.
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