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DanArmak comments on Fine-Tuned Mind Projection - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: Alexandros 29 November 2010 12:08AM

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Comment author: DanArmak 29 November 2010 11:45:50AM *  -1 points [-]

in the Texas Sharpshooter example, is shooting a bunch of holes in a wall evidence that the shooter wanted to shoot these exact holes?

The difference is that we know bullet-holes come from people shooting guns, we've seen that happen many times, and so in this particular instance we can conclude there was a sharpshooter before we start wondering about his intentions. Whereas there's only one universe, and no regularity of the kind 'when you see a universe, there was a god who created it and usually intended it to be this way'.