army1987 comments on Rationality Quotes August 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 17 August 2012 10:22:47PM *  2 points [-]

Anyway, I've decided that, when not talking about mathematics, real, exist, happen, etc. are deictic terms which specifically refer to the particular universe the speaker is in. Using real to apply to everything in Tegmark's multiverse fails Egan's Law IMO. See also: the last chapter of Good and Real.