ChristianKl comments on Open thread, Jul. 25 - Jul. 31, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 31 July 2016 05:10:00PM 0 points [-]

I suppose we do presume things, like we are not dreaming/under global and permanent illusion by a demon/a brain in a vat/in a Truman show/in a matrix.

No, if you look at our yearly census you find that it lists a question for the probability that we are living in a simulation. Most people don't presume that this probability is zero but enter numbers different from zero if my memory is right.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 02 August 2016 02:03:51PM 0 points [-]

People will also discard the low probability possibilities at every stage of a process of thought, because otherwise the combinatorial explosion us impossible to cope with.