DanielLC comments on Is it rational to be religious? Simulations are required for answer. - Less Wrong

-13 Post author: Aleksei_Riikonen 11 August 2010 03:20PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 11 August 2010 05:37:05PM *  10 points [-]

First I was like, "oh no, another one claims that faith could be rational without showing why it is". Then I parsed the simulation part and clicked "upvote" because it showed me a new and scary possibility.

In the year 2020, cousin_it downloads some software for running predictor sims. He wants to optimize his future conduct - test which particular minor mind-hack would be the most beneficial, given his individual psychological makeup. So he runs many ancestor sims of himself poisoned with different irrational mind-hacks to see who wins in the past. I am one such sim, poisoned in an unknown manner; what should I do?

Times like these I regret that I can't write good sci-fi in English because it's not my first language.

Comment author: DanielLC 12 August 2010 06:56:32AM 4 points [-]

Times like these I regret that I can't write good sci-fi in English because it's not my first language.

Why do you have to write it in English?