V_V comments on Cult impressions of Less Wrong/Singularity Institute - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 August 2012 08:37:24PM 0 points [-]

That sounds correct to me. A physicist who also possesses probability-theory expertise and who can reason with respect to Solomonoff Induction and formal causal models should realize that single-world variants of MWI are uniformly unworkable (short of this world being a runtime-limited computer simulation); but such is rare (though not unheard-of) among professional physicists; and among the others, you can hardly blame them for trying to keep an open mind.

Comment author: V_V 28 August 2012 05:19:25PM 0 points [-]

I'm puzzled. What does Solomonoff Induction have to say about experimentally undistinguishable (as far as we can practically test, at least) interpretations of the same theory?