dankane comments on The Useful Idea of Truth - Less Wrong

77 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 October 2012 06:16PM

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Comment author: dankane 02 October 2012 07:00:40AM 4 points [-]

What about the proposition "the universe will cease to exist when I die" (using some definition of "die" that precludes any future experiences, for example, "die for the last time")? Then the truth of this proposition does not constrain sensory input (because it only makes claims about times after which you have no sensory input), but does have behavioral ramifications if you are, for example, deciding whether or not to write a will.