[ExI] Probability is "subjectively objective".

Stathis Papaioannou stathisp at gmail.com
Fri Jul 18 09:14:28 UTC 2008


2008/7/18 Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>:

> You can imagine that, Lee, but can you imagine how infuriating I find it?
> Suppose the alien asked you, "How come the righthand jutty-out bit of South
> America fits so neatly into the concave bite out of Africa, thousands of
> miles away?" and you airily explained, "Well, of course it must. Continents
> are like that." Never mind ocean floor spreading and plate tectonics; it's
> just obvious that it has to be that way. I don't think so.

What about the explanation for why we generally find ourselves in a
world consistent with the history we remember? I'm claiming that this
is no easier to explain than the results of EPR experiments under MWI.


-- 
Stathis Papaioannou



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