CarlShulman comments on Real-Life Anthropic Weirdness - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 April 2009 10:26PM

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Comment author: CarlShulman 06 April 2009 08:30:06PM 1 point [-]

You are missing something, and would benefit greatly from reading Nick Bostrom's Anthropic Bias:

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 06 April 2009 08:37:42PM * 2 points [-]

I found Chapters 1-5 on Bostrom's website at

Will those chapters explain the error in my thinking?

ETA: If someone could summarize the rebuttal contained in Bostrom's book, I would also appreciate it.