Vladimir_Nesov comments on Contrived infinite-torture scenarios: July 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 25 July 2010 11:08:02AM 6 points [-]

Did you just give an evolutionary explanation for the concept of probability?

It is much worse, this seems to be an evolutionary "explanation" for, say, particle physics, and I can't yet get through the resulting cognitive dissonance. This can't be right.

Comment author: cousin_it 25 July 2010 11:11:46AM *  2 points [-]

Yep, I saw the particle physics angle immediately too, but I saw it as less catastrophic than probability, not more :-) Let's work it out here. I'll try to think of more stupid-sounding questions, because they seemed to be useful to you in the past.