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16 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 09 January 2013 05:04PM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 09 January 2013 06:31:48PM *  4 points [-]

Shouldn't I expect to live in a young universe?

If you treat quantum measure as probability, yes. If not... no.

Suppose I told you: I've just pressed a button that possibly reduces your measure by a half. Do you conclude that the button is likely to have failed?

Comment author: James_Miller 09 January 2013 06:45:24PM 5 points [-]

Reducing by just a half might not be enough. But for enough of a reduction, yes.