Viliam_Bur comments on Open Thread, February 15-29, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 15 February 2012 12:17:25PM 2 points [-]

Even if you can't observe them, can you somehow logically infer their existence and can you influence them? If no, then thinking about them is just wasting time.

It becomes a problem only if you cannot observe them, but you can influence them, and despite lack of observation you can make at least some probabilistic estimates about the effect of your influence.