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solipsist comments on Anthropics doesn't explain why the Cold War stayed Cold - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: KnaveOfAllTrades 20 August 2014 07:23PM

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Comment author: solipsist 20 August 2014 10:02:13PM *  6 points [-]

A better analogy would be:

"I am confused that I know George VI had 5 siblings. That excludes me from possible worlds where George VI had 3 siblings, or 7 siblings, or no siblings. Each bit of evidence in my mind excludes me from half of all possible worlds. Why do I know so much?"