James_Miller comments on Less Wrong: Open Thread, September 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_Miller 01 September 2010 02:25:24PM 1 point [-]

The argument would be that Eliezer should doubt his own ability to reason if his reason appears to cause him to think he is 1 in 10^N. My claim is that if this argument is true everyone who believes in (1) and thinks N is large should, to an extremely close approximation, have just as much doubt in their own ability to reason as Eliezer should have in his.

Comment author: Snowyowl 01 September 2010 03:12:45PM 1 point [-]

Agreed. Not sure if Eliezer actually believes that, but I take your point.