goatherd comments on 2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

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Comment author: goatherd 30 November 2013 12:16:14AM 11 points [-]

For the questions about the many worlds hypothesis, and whether we are living in a simulation, it seems to me that there is no way to know the truth, because the world would look just the same, but it may sometimes be useful to think as if they were true? Or am I just missing something fundamental?

I enjoyed reading about the MONETARY REWARD.

Comment author: hyporational 30 November 2013 01:12:44PM *  0 points [-]

For simulations, some people think it's possible to know. The argument is based on anthropics. The Quantum Physics Sequence might make you more certain of the MWI, but I haven't read it. You could also base your probability of MWI on Occam's Razor somewhat, since it seems to be the simpler interpretation.