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Comment author: crmflynn 10 November 2015 09:27:38AM 0 points [-]

This is a really fascinating idea, particularly the aspect that we can influence the likelihood we are in a simulation by making it more likely that simulations happen.

Maybe? We can increase our credence, but I think whether or not it increases the likelihood is an open question. The intuitions seem to split between two-boxers and a subset of one-boxers.

That said, thank you for the secondary thought experiment, which is really interesting.

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