R2-Miao comments on Kevin T. Kelly's Ockham Efficiency Theorem - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Johnicholas 16 August 2010 04:46AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 18 May 2013 10:46:50AM 0 points [-]

I am very late to the discussion. I have not read Kelley's papers in detail, so pardon me if my question betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of what you wrote: How can "(Kelly's version of) Occam's razor says the first [world] is simpler" and give us "the intuitively correct answer" if an infinite number of particles will be emitted in the first world, even though Kelley has already specified that the device will only emit a finite number of particles?

Comment author: Johnicholas 19 May 2013 05:38:02PM 0 points [-]

The statements, though contradictory, refer to two different thought experiments.

Comment author: Johnicholas 18 May 2013 01:55:13PM -1 points [-]

The two comments, though contradictory, refer to two different thought experiments.

Comment author: [deleted] 18 May 2013 02:52:04PM 0 points [-]

I see. Thanks for the explanation.