Psy-Kosh comments on The Conscious Sorites Paradox - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Psy-Kosh 30 September 2008 12:26:54AM 0 points [-]

Simon: Well, yeah, I notice that I seem to, well, not dissolve into nothingness.

But I have to admit that from a certain perspective, I'm surprised about that. Why are more versions of me non Boltzmann brain than Boltzmann brain... that is, why do I have a higher probability of perceiving myself in a universe that has rather more order than is strictly needed for just, well, me at this instant?