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

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

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Comment author: Multiheaded 07 November 2011 12:45:15PM 4 points [-]

Took the test. I assigned 70-80% to "God creating the universe", as I strongly (80%) suspect that it's a simulation, it's being more or less actively controlled and manipulated by some outside entity/entities, and even if said entity is one of many and has comparatively little power over its native environment - even to the point of resembling a human scientist - it's pretty much pointless for us to call it anything but a god.

Comment author: mumon 15 November 2011 10:24:41AM 3 points [-]

But would the definition of God you have used qualify as an "ontologically basic mental entity", as demanded by the survey?