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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/01/2024 16:06, Jason Resch wrote:<br>
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style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Ben Wrote:
From what I can see, none of what you claim about Open Individualism
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</div><div dir="auto">It corresponds to thought experiments (i.e., logic and rationality better
than the alternatives). It corresponds to Occam's razor better than the
alternatives, as it makes fewer assumptions, it corresponds to laws of
probability better than the alternatives, which are exceedingly
improbable compared to it. You can keep repeating to yourself that it's
not scientific, and continue to ignore the thought experiments I've
provided which demonstrate it's truth, however, if that makes you feel
better.</div></pre>
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That might be the best course. Your thought experiments don't make
any sense to me, and apart from making some people feel better about
their lives, I still see no practical use of the idea, or any way to
prove or disprove it.<br>
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Ben<br>
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