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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 February 2013 05:58:32PM -1 points [-]

As far as I can tell, the only possible coherent state of affairs corresponding to RQM - the only reality in which you can embed these systems relating to each other - is MWI. To this is added some bad amateur incoherent epistemology trying to dance around the issue without addressing it.

You can quote me on the following:

  • RQM is MWI in denial.
  • Any time you might uncharitably get the impression that RQM is merely playing semantic word-games with the notion of reality, RQM is, in fact, merely playing semantic word-games with the notion of reality.
  • RQM's epistemology is drunk and needs to go home and sleep it off.
Comment author: whowhowho 10 February 2013 09:55:25PM *  0 points [-]

Any interpretation could be called semantic word game, since the whole point is to interpret a mathematical formalism. To do that you have to use words (shock!) and discuss what things might really mean (horror!).

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