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A lot of those that have thought carefully about it do. The Big Universe (Tegmark 1) is much easier to accept than level 4, as it is the current scientific consensus on cosmology. Most of the weird consequences of the bigger mathematical universe also happen in a simpler big universe, but scientists aren't so good at taking the philosophical consequences of their ideas seriously.
"A lot of those that have thought carefully about it do."
Oh, you ran a poll on LW, and most folks responded to it, with the results confirming your anecdotal hunch about the consensus view? Cool.
For a second there I thought you were making strange unsupported claims about people most of whom you don't know and with whom you haven't discussed Tegmark universes.
Naw, if someone said they don't believe in Tegmark universes, Kevin would just conclude that they haven't thought about it carefully enough.