TheOtherDave comments on The Fabric of Real Things - Less Wrong

16 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 October 2012 02:11AM

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Comment author: shminux 12 October 2012 07:56:35PM 3 points [-]

an intruder in my house that systematically evades detection becomes increasingly implausible the more failed tests I perform

But things keep disappearing from my house at random! Surely it's an evidence for an invisible intruder, not only for my memory going bad! And this never happens in the office, so it can't be my memory! Therefore intruder!

Comment author: TheOtherDave 12 October 2012 08:26:09PM 2 points [-]

I'm not really interested in role-playing out a whole conversation. If you insist that your invisible intruder, like your cousin's psychic ability, is real and evasive, I look for a different example. If you insist that everything you ever think about, however idly, is real and evasive, I tap out and recommend you seek professional help.

Comment author: shminux 12 October 2012 08:29:02PM 0 points [-]

recommend you seek professional help.

I thought LW was that professional help...

Comment author: satt 13 October 2012 01:16:21PM 3 points [-]

Hmm, my pay slips must be getting lost in the post.