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53 Post author: Alex_Altair 11 July 2012 08:05AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 11 July 2012 08:53:16AM 1 point [-]

I will try to prove that solomonoff induction leads to solipsism:

The most simple explanation for everything is solipsism: Only my mind exists, nothing else. All experiences of an outside world are dream-like illusions. The world is very, very much more complex than my mind. Therefore, according to solomonoffs lightsaber, the prior for Solipsism = 1-epsilon No reasonable amount of evidence can counter a prior that is that extreme.

Therefore, if solomoff induction is true, then solipsism is true.

Comment author: Incorrect 11 July 2012 09:13:37AM *  0 points [-]

The world is very, very much more complex than my mind.

But the smallest description of your mind might implicitly describe the universe. Anyway, Solomonoff induction is about predictions, it doesn't concern itself with untestable statements like solipsism.

Solomonoff induction isn't true/false. It can be useful/not useful but not true/false.