Vladimir_Nesov comments on Grasping Slippery Things - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 17 June 2008 02:54:13PM 0 points [-]

Pushing the mystery into the territory has another negative consequence: if you claim that mystery resides in the territory, you still need to explain how do you know it. In our case, if you say that could-worlds exist in reality, you need to explain the magical powers of the mind to both observe the real could-worlds from the present, and to order the universe to take the path you chose.