From: David Massoglia (DMassoglia@pontiac.k12.mi.us)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2008 - 15:42:22 MST
If we live in a simulation....does that really change what you are going
to do? If not, forget about it. For me, I will forget about it.
David
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Subject: Re: Evidence that the universe is simulated
On Jan 23, 2008 12:58 PM, Matt Mahoney <matmahoney@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> AIXI/Occam's Razor favors the simplest algorithm, not the fastest
program.
PLEASE don't promulgate that misinterpretation of Occam.
We should prefer the model positing the fewest **ontological**
entities, not that which is "simplest."
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