smk comments on A case study in fooling oneself - Less Wrong

-2 Post author: Mitchell_Porter 15 December 2011 05:25AM

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Comment author: smk 22 December 2011 09:41:24AM 1 point [-]
  1. Basically what Emile said about a "fuzzy continuum" and "just a high-level abstraction". The inkblottiness.

  2. I mean is it a coherent concept given the inkblottiness? (I don't mean is it a sensible thing to do. I already read your post where you said "I personally consider anyone who wants to play quantum roulette to be crazy.")

Comment author: wedrifid 22 December 2011 09:45:54AM 0 points [-]

I would answer 'yes'... QR still makes the same amount of sense under those circumstances as it ever did. (ie. It 'works' but gives undesirable outcomes!)