Will_Newsome comments on Theists are wrong; is theism? - Less Wrong
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Why?
Existence is probably tied up with causal significance, and causal significance is tied up with individuals' local utility functions along with this more global probability thing. But around singularities where lots of utility is up for grabs it might be that the local utility differences override the global similarities of how existence works. I haven't thought about this carefully. Hence the question mark.
Request for downvote explanation.
I upvoted, even though I didn't fully grok your last paragraph, I sensed interesting meaning embedded in it. Care to elaborate?
I did not downvote, not having read the comment previously but "existence is probably tied up with causal significance" sounds extremely dubious and in need of justification.
They didn't understand what you meant and mapped it as something else that was wrong. Also possible political downvote.