b1shop comments on [Draft] Holy Bayesian Multiverse, Batman! - Less Wrong

0 Post author: b1shop 03 February 2011 01:47AM

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Comment author: b1shop 03 February 2011 02:53:42AM 0 points [-]

If you make the case that p(S) should include any life, then I can concede the adverb perhaps shouldn't be so dramatic. Are we in agreement that it would be dramatic if we only included humanity exactly like us? If so, I'd like a second opinion from others if a specific anthropic principle is allowed, because it seems reasonable to me.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 February 2011 02:58:50AM 1 point [-]

. Are we in agreement that it would be dramatic if we only included humanity exactly like us? I

Yes, because there are times in the history of humanity where we got close to being wiped out (the Toba event being possibly the best documented).

I'd like a second opinion from others if a specific anthropic principle is allowed, because it seems reasonable to me.

I'd be very curious if anyone else agrees with you there. I don't understand the basis for such a specific reference class, since every intelligent species that thinks about MWI will be in the same position.