jhuffman comments on Query the LessWrong Hivemind - Less Wrong

18 Post author: D_Malik 08 November 2011 09:37AM

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Comment author: jhuffman 09 November 2011 08:30:34PM 0 points [-]

I agree that intuitions are challenging here but I really cannot think of a reason to believe that my actions are less meaningful or that reality is any more or less permanent if we're all being simulated. So maybe there is a tie there to solipsism as I don't think I have any problems with simulations that are faithfully executing our physics and not making some sort of patchwork Sim in which I'm the only sentient. If I thought Solipsism was .5 probably then I'd have the problem you describe.