JoshuaZ comments on I Stand by the Sequences - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 15 May 2012 11:25:56PM 1 point [-]

Yes. In so far as the output is larger than the set of observations. Take MWI for example- the output includes all the parts of the wavebranch that we can't see. In contrast, Copenhagen only has outputs that we by and large do see. So the key issue here is that outputs and observable outputs aren't the same thing.

Comment author: dlthomas 16 May 2012 12:43:52AM 1 point [-]

Ah, fair. So in this case, we are imagining a sequence of additional observations (from a privileged position we cannot occupy) to explain.