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TheAncientGeek comments on Principia Compat. The potential Importance of Multiverse Theory - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 03 February 2016 10:12:48AM *  0 points [-]

Yes, there's an issue of costs. To justify the cost of running simulations, you need a significant credence that you are being simulated, which a lot of agents don't have' for better or worse reasons.