Re: Rationality, Miracles and ETI

From: Dan Fabulich (daniel.fabulich@yale.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 02 1999 - 17:18:09 MST


'What is your name?' 'hal@finney.org.' 'IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME
IS!!!':

> It doesn't seem to me that this reasoning leads to the right answer,
> though...

This may well be the case, but if so, then I think Eliezer was probably
wrong in saying that he should continue to ascribe "miracle" claims to
human legend rather than to intervention, in the case where the Matrix
Hypothesis turned out to be the case.

-Dan

      -unless you love someone-
    -nothing else makes any sense-
           e.e. cummings



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