SilasBarta comments on 2011 Less Wrong Census / Survey - Less Wrong

77 Post author: Yvain 01 November 2011 06:28PM

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Comment author: SilasBarta 02 November 2011 12:36:28AM *  4 points [-]

Also, do I understand you correctly that the beings (conceivably) running the universe as a simulation do not count as supernatural/gods for purposes of the supernatural/gods questions?

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 04 November 2011 02:41:22PM *  3 points [-]

Yeah, I thought the theism question was the worst of all. Have you ever met a theist that answered "ontologically basic mind-stuff" when asked what God is? Me neither.

Other than that, thanks Yvain!

Comment author: feanor1600 02 November 2011 02:24:52AM 1 point [-]

I assumed when taking the survey that those running the simulation are outside our universe and so ontologically basic.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 02 November 2011 04:54:37PM 4 points [-]

Those people outside the simulation could exist with or without ontologically basic mental features. The questions are totally orthogonal.

Comment author: taw 02 November 2011 10:44:26AM 0 points [-]

Is there even theoretical way of distinguishing these two cases? I'd assume the only possible answer is "they" do.