Pavitra 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: katydee 02 October 2012 05:50:10AM * 1 point [-]

Comment author: Pavitra 05 October 2012 03:19:25AM 2 points [-]

Insufficient: the colony ship leaves no evidence.

Comment author: almkglor 15 December 2012 12:55:23AM 0 points [-]

How about an expanded version: if we could be a timeless spaceless perfect observer of the universe(s), what evidence would we expect to see?

Comment author: Pavitra 17 December 2012 08:54:46PM -2 points [-]

Can you guarantee that a TSPO wouldn't see epiphenomenal consciousness?

Comment author: MugaSofer 17 December 2012 10:40:36PM -1 points [-]

Well, no. How is that different from epiphenomenal spaceships? Our modal predicts spaceships but no p-zombies.