Wei_Dai comments on What a reduction of "probability" probably looks like - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 17 August 2010 09:43:54PM 2 points [-]

I think they're answering different questions. Your scenario 1 gives good reason to think that using probabilities is a good way to handle at least some types of logical uncertainty. My question was about empirical or indexical uncertainty. For example, why do we think one kind of universe is more likely to exist than another, or why do we think we're more likely to be in one kind of universe than another (depending on whether you accept the idea that all possible universes exist)?

Comment author: cousin_it 17 August 2010 09:50:30PM *  1 point [-]

Didn't your UDT solution to the Absent-Minded Driver show that probabilities aren't the right way to handle indexical uncertainty, even within one universe? I thought it was pretty convincing.