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hairyfigment comments on You are (mostly) a simulation. - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: hairyfigment 15 July 2015 06:35:21PM 3 points [-]

What the frakking Hell? Dust theory on its face gives almost uniformly false predictions. Now, we are admittedly confused about how to assign probabilities in cases like this, but confusion is a bad reason to adopt a radical new view of reality. That's not how confusion is supposed to work.

Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 15 July 2015 07:02:40PM 0 points [-]

Dust theory on its face gives almost uniformly false predictions.

Could you name a few?

Comment author: hairyfigment 15 July 2015 07:10:04PM 4 points [-]

Discontinuities in the observed laws of physics, before I finish typing this. Nope, still wrong on its face.

Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 16 July 2015 03:26:08AM 0 points [-]

Which laws of physics in particular?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 16 July 2015 10:52:34AM 0 points [-]

No laws in particular: all laws in general.

Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 16 July 2015 12:13:29PM *  0 points [-]

Why should it disobey every observed law of physics? Are you arguing that conscious observers would almost certainly experience chaos? If so I agree with you. I don't accept 'pure' Dust Theory.

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