twanvl comments on [LINK] Vladimir Slepnev talks about logical counterfactuals - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Manfred 04 September 2015 06:25:44AM *  1 point [-]

Man, that sleeping beauty digression at the end. I'm so easily aggroed.

I wonder if I should write up a rant or a better attempt at exposition, against this "clearly the problem is underdetermined" position. The correct answer is somewhat difficult and all expositions I've seen (or written!) so far have had big shortcomings. But even if one didn't know the right answer, one should readily conclude that a principled answer exists. We assign things probabilities for fairly deep reasons, reasons undisturbed by trifles like the existence of an amnesia pill.

That aside, good talk :)

Comment author: twanvl 04 September 2015 04:28:23PM 2 points [-]

I wonder if I should write up a rant or a better attempt at exposition, against this "clearly the problem is underdetermined" position.

You should.