khafra comments on Open Thread June 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: khafra 08 June 2010 05:20:23PM 0 points [-]

I interpreted the story Blueberry's way; the inverse of the way many histories converge into a single future in Permutation City, one history diverges into many futures.

Comment author: ocr-fork 08 June 2010 06:48:29PM 3 points [-]

I'm really confused now. Also I haven't read Permutation City...

Just because one deterministic world will always end up simulating another does not mean there is only one possible world that would end up simulating that world.