MrMind comments on Map:Territory::Uncertainty::Randomness – but that doesn’t matter, value of information does. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MrMind 26 January 2016 11:15:49AM 2 points [-]

Just a nitpick: not all interpretations treat quantum uncertainty as ontological. Many Worlds indeed say that it's just indexical (and so, epistemical) uncertainty.

Comment author: Davidmanheim 27 January 2016 02:27:38AM 0 points [-]

Yes, and that means we have epistemic uncertainty about whether there is ontological uncertainty at that level - but again, it's irrelevant to almost any question we would ask in decision making.