I don’t understand. I have the information “I am an animal” and “I am a human”. If I start with “I am an animal” and update with “I am a human”, I get something different than if I start with “I am a human” and update with “I am an animal”. How do I get the correct answer?
It seems to me that you’d have to start with “I am conscious”, and then update with everything.
I don’t understand. I have the information “I am an animal” and “I am a human”. If I start with “I am an animal” and update with “I am a human”, I get something different than if I start with “I am a human” and update with “I am an animal”. How do I get the correct answer?
Why do you end up with something different if you update in a different order? If you want a way to get the correct answer, work out why you do that and stop doing it!
Why do you end up with something different if you update in a different order?
I’d say it’s because I should be updating in both cases, rather than starting with “I am an animal” or “I am a human”. I should start with “I am conscious”, because I can’t not be, and then update from there.
I’m trying to show that picking reference classes arbitrarily leads to a contradiction, so SSA, as currently stated, doesn’t work. If it does, what other solution is there to that paradox?
I don’t understand. I have the information “I am an animal” and “I am a human”. If I start with “I am an animal” and update with “I am a human”, I get something different than if I start with “I am a human” and update with “I am an animal”. How do I get the correct answer?
It seems to me that you’d have to start with “I am conscious”, and then update with everything.
Why do you end up with something different if you update in a different order? If you want a way to get the correct answer, work out why you do that and stop doing it!
I’d say it’s because I should be updating in both cases, rather than starting with “I am an animal” or “I am a human”. I should start with “I am conscious”, because I can’t not be, and then update from there.
I’m trying to show that picking reference classes arbitrarily leads to a contradiction, so SSA, as currently stated, doesn’t work. If it does, what other solution is there to that paradox?