cousin_it comments on [SEQ RERUN] Against Modal Logics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cousin_it 17 August 2012 07:19:01PM *  2 points [-]

I still don't understand what Barbour's theory actually says, and if it says anything at all. It seems to be one of Eliezer's more bizarre endorsements.

Comment author: Wei_Dai 17 August 2012 08:17:07PM 0 points [-]

Does this explain it for you, or are you looking for something more detailed?

Barbour is speculating that if we solve the Wheeler-DeWitt equation, we'll get a single probability distribution over the configuration space of the universe, and all of our experiences can be explained using this distribution alone. Specifically, we don't need a probability distribution for each instant of time, like in standard QM.