Jack comments on A note on the description complexity of physical theories - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 11 November 2010 01:02:02AM *  0 points [-]

Let's say A = (MWI is correct) and B = (Copenhagen)

The equivalent of "A OR B" is the statement "either Copenhagen or MWI is correct", and I'm sure everyone here assigns "A OR B" a higher prior than either A or B separately.

But that's not really a theory, it's a disjunction between two different theories, so ofcourse we want to understand which of the two is actually the correct one. Not sure what your objection is here.

EDITED to correct a wrong term.

Comment author: Jack 11 November 2010 01:05:55AM 0 points [-]

But that's not really a theory, it's a conjuction between two different theories,

It's actually the disjunction.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 11 November 2010 01:12:50AM 0 points [-]

Yes, apologies. Fixed above.