NihilCredo 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: NihilCredo 14 August 2010 03:09:22AM 0 points [-]

In what ways would the world look different to me if my TCS did/did not exist?

Comment author: Aleksei_Riikonen 14 August 2010 03:28:31AM 0 points [-]

Can't think of any such way.

Similarly, the existence or non-existence of some sorts of inactive Gods doesn't affect your observations in any way.

Occam's Razor would eliminate both those Gods and a time-continuous self, though.

(But personally, I propose that we may have faith in a time-continuous self, if it is sufficiently useful psychologically. And that it's an open question whether there are other supernatural things that at least some should also have faith in.)