Alexandros comments on Open Thread June 2010, Part 4 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alexandros 30 June 2010 05:06:20PM 0 points [-]

Or also show you if there are unknowable unknowns?

Comment author: wedrifid 30 June 2010 05:16:29PM 1 point [-]

An unknowable unknown: I shot a rocket across the cosmic horizon. On the rocket was a qGrenade set to detonate on a timer. Did my Schrödinger's rocket explode when the timer went off in my Everett branch?

Comment author: RobinZ 02 July 2010 04:03:40AM 0 points [-]

I don't see that decoherence would occur in that case.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 30 June 2010 11:18:45PM 0 points [-]

This once again explains why "reality" is a largely meaningless concept.

Comment author: wedrifid 01 July 2010 12:19:18AM 0 points [-]

Wow. I maybe understand where you are alluding to, but I'm not sure I'm reverse engineering the thoughts right. Explain for me?

Comment author: WrongBot 01 July 2010 01:21:49AM -1 points [-]

Whether or not it's meaningful, it's certainly useful, especially by Phillip K. Dick's definition: "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 30 June 2010 07:38:26PM 0 points [-]

I'm pretty sure unknowability would have to be proven rather than shown.