B_For_Bandana comments on Do Earths with slower economic growth have a better chance at FAI? - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 June 2013 07:54PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 12 June 2013 11:09:38PM *  8 points [-]

Can we put a lid on this conflation of subjective probability with objective quantum branching please? A deterministic fair coin does not split the world, and neither would a deterministic economic cycle. Or are we taking seriously the possibility that the course of the economy is largely driven by quantum randomness?

EDIT: actually I just noticed that small quantum fluctuations from long ago can result in large differences between branches today. At that point I'm confused about what the anthropics implies we should see, so please excuse my overconfidence above.

Comment author: B_For_Bandana 12 June 2013 11:14:43PM 6 points [-]

Or are we taking seriously the possibility that the course of the economy is largely driven by quantum randomness?

Isn't everything?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 June 2013 07:20:03PM 5 points [-]

This comment was banned, which looked to me like a probable accident with a moderator click, so I unbanned it. If I am in error can whichever mod PM me after rebanning it?

Naturally if this was an accident, it must have been a quantum random one.