entirelyuseless comments on Rationality Quotes Thread September 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 October 2015 05:07:06PM 1 point [-]

The basic theistic hypothesis is a description of an omnipotent, omniscient being; together with the probable aims and suspected intentions of such a being. The laws of physics would then derive from this.

"Omnipotent", "omniscient", and "being" are packing a whole shit-ton of complexity, especially "being". They're definitely packing more than a model of particle physics, since we know that all known "beings" are implemented on top of particle physics.

Comment author: entirelyuseless 03 October 2015 05:33:41PM -1 points [-]

"Being" surely does not have more complexity than particle physics. Particles are already beings.

Comment author: [deleted] 04 October 2015 03:16:02AM -2 points [-]

"Being" in the sense of intelligent mind sure as hell does. Particles are not beings in that sense of the word, and that's the common sense.