Science Doesn't Trust Your Rationality - LessWrong
Scott Aaronson suggests that Many-Worlds and libertarianism are similar in that they are both cases of bullet-swallowing, rather than bullet-dodging: …
x Science Doesn't Trust Your Rationality — LessWrong Science Isn't Enough Practice & Philosophy of Science Rationality Personal Blog 77 Science Doesn't Trust Your Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky 14th May 2008 4 min read 136 77 Scott Aaronson suggests that Many-Worlds and libertarianism are similar in that they are both cases of bullet-swallowing, rather than bullet-dodging: Libertarianism and MWI are both are grand philosophical theories that start from premises that almost all educated people accept (quantum mechanics in the one case, Econ 101 in the other), and claim to reach conclusions th
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