DanielVarga comments on The Strong Occam's Razor - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielVarga 12 November 2010 12:45:18AM *  5 points [-]

This is a cool theory, but it is probably equivalent to another, less cool theory that yields identical predictions and does not reference infinite virtual universes. :)

Comment author: paulfchristiano 12 November 2010 01:25:47AM 4 points [-]

Although it postulates the existence of infinitely many inaccessible universes, it may be simpler than equivalent theories which imply only a single universe.

I feel like this is an argument we've seen before, but with more hilarious self-referentiality.

Comment author: khafra 12 November 2010 04:39:22PM 0 points [-]
Comment author: DanielVarga 12 November 2010 09:33:48AM 0 points [-]

I feel like this is an argument we've seen before [...]

If I am not mistaken, it is a bit more formalized version of Greg Egan's Dust Theory.

Comment author: paulfchristiano 12 November 2010 03:33:54PM 0 points [-]

I was actually referring to the (slightly superficial) similarity to the MWI vs. collapse discussion that indirectly prompted this post.