ShardPhoenix comments on Open Thread: July 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ShardPhoenix 03 July 2010 01:50:07AM *  0 points [-]

If you think all possible worlds exist, then you should expect our small bubble of ordered existence to erupt into chaos any day now, because way more copies of it are contained in chaotic worlds than in ordered ones. Every day you spend without spontaneously turning into a pheasant should weaken your faith in the multiverse.

It's not clear to me that this is correct. Also, even if it is, then coherent memories (like what we're using to judge this whole scenario) only exist in worlds where this either hasn't happened yet or won't ever.

Comment author: wedrifid 03 July 2010 04:17:59AM 1 point [-]

We use markdown syntax. An > at the start of the paragraph will make it a quote,

like so.

Comment author: ShardPhoenix 03 July 2010 10:09:41AM 0 points [-]

I know, I was just being too lazy to look up the syntax :/.

Comment author: apophenia 03 July 2010 10:28:18PM 2 points [-]

If you click "Help" when writing a comment, it will appear in a handy box right next to where you are writing.