cleonid comments on The Least Convenient Possible World - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cleonid 14 March 2009 05:32:21PM 0 points [-]

"They distinguish one hypothetical world from another."

Just like different religions.

"Furthermore, some of them can be empirically tested. "

Empirical tests do not prove a proposition, but increase the odds of its being correct (just like "miracles" would raise the odds in favor of religion).