So Person A believes in MWI because they read the Quantum Mechanics sequence, and Person B never thought about it beyond an article in Discover Magazine saying all the top scientists favor the Copenhagen interpretation. They're both being entirely rational about the information they have, even if Person A has the right answer :)
I suppose they are in a sense, but what exactly are the rewards/lack of benefit for a layman, even an educated one, believing or not in MWI? .I think a major indicator is that I haven't heard in recent years of anyone been outed as a MWIist and loosing their job as a consequence :P
Nitpick: The average person who has read QM sequence is likley above average in rationality.
This is thread where I'm trying to figure out a few things about signalling on LessWrong and need some information, so please immediately after reading about the two individuals please answer the poll. The two individuals:
A. Sees that an interpretation of reality shared by others is not correct, but tries to pretend otherwise for personal gain and/or safety.
B. Fails to see that an interpretation of reality is shared by others is flawed. He is therefore perfectly honest in sharing the interpretation of reality with others. The reward regime for outward behaviour is the same as with A.
To add a trivial inconvenience that matches the inconvenience of answering the poll before reading on, comments on what I think the two individuals signal,what the trade off is and what I speculate the results might be here versus the general population, is behind this link.