army1987 comments on Tell Your Rationalist Origin Story - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 25 February 2009 05:16PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 01 August 2013 07:24:22PM 0 points [-]

He said, “Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Are you telling me that you don’t believe there’s some force that governs the whole universe and protects our lives and all the rest?” I said, “Oh, I do, I really do. I call it gravity.”

I also believe there are three more such forces, namely electromagnetism, the weak interaction, and the strong interaction!

Comment author: Polina 02 August 2013 03:17:28PM 0 points [-]

What if they discover another force some day?

Comment author: Cthulhoo 02 August 2013 03:29:34PM 1 point [-]

A Nobel prize is awarded?

Comment author: [deleted] 02 August 2013 08:50:15PM 0 points [-]

Then I'll believe in one more force (assuming I'm convinced the discovery is not a fluke).