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Comment author: shminux 16 December 2011 01:39:42AM 2 points [-]

From the paper:

Deutsch claimed to 'prove', via decision theory, that the 'rational' agent who believes she lives in an Everettian multiverse will nevertheless 'make decisions as if' the mod-squared measure gave chances for outcomes.

This must a bad wording, or something, otherwise why does a "rational" agent who does not believe "she lives in an Everettian multiverse" can still confirm the Born rule experimentally time after time?

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 19 April 2012 05:20:43PM 0 points [-]

The proof does not address rational agents who do not believe they are in an Everettian multiverse. They would have other reasons for using the Born rule.