[ExI] Many Worlds

[Jef Allbright]

On 1/9/08, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> At 11:32 PM 1/8/2008 -0800, Eliezer wrote:
>
> >Damien, I recommend to you "The End of Time" by Julian Barbour.
>
> Yes, I read that book when it came out, and had an interesting
> discussion with Barbour after my review was published. I found his
> Platonist approach even more perplexing and uncongenial.

I'm not qualified to discuss the technical intricacies of quantum
mechanics, but I do see pervasive epistemological confusion associated
with assumptions of "objective probabilities" as obscuring and
impeding more rigorous scientific exploration.

I recommend integrating E.T. Jaynes with your thinking on this topic.

For instance: <http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/jaynes90probability.html>

- Jef