Eugine_Nier comments on What does it take? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 13 September 2011 08:14:18AM *  2 points [-]

Not necessarily. For example, if I showed you a theory of physics that's simpler if you postulate such an entity's existence, you might very well update your estimate due to Occam's razor.

This, incidentally, is what Eliezer's argument for many worlds boils down to.