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Lumifer comments on [LINK] The Wrong Objections to the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 19 February 2015 09:08:20PM 3 points [-]

Not only it assumes independence, it also assumes that the two competing theories have exactly the same postulates except for a single extra one. That is typically not how things work in real life.

Comment author: dxu 22 February 2015 07:45:43PM 1 point [-]

it also assumes that the two competing theories have exactly the same postulates

Er, no it doesn't. Where are you getting this?

Comment author: Lumifer 23 February 2015 06:17:37PM 2 points [-]

Where are you getting this?

From here:

I like to think of it as an extension of the conjunction fallacy; the probability of A and B being true can't be higher than the probability of either A or B; adding new conditions can only make the probability stay the same or go down.

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