[extropy-chat] Role of Observer is not Relevant

[Jef Allbright]

On 4/4/07, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think I've strayed a bit from my original purpose, which was to try to
> persuade you that thought experiments in which extremely improbable things
> happen by chance should not be summarily dismissed as irrelevant.

Isn't this assertion the very antithesis of rationality?!

With full regard to remaining open to surprising new observations, but
little regard for assigning "relevance" without justification.

- Jef