The Boltzmann brain argument was the reason why I had not adopted something along the lines of UDT, despite having considered it and discussed it a bit with others, before the recent LW discussion. Instead, I had tagged it as ‘needs more analysis later.’ After the fact, that looks like flinching to me.
The Boltzmann brain argument was the reason why I had not adopted something along the lines of UDT, despite having considered it and discussed it a bit with others, before the recent LW discussion. Instead, I had tagged it as ‘needs more analysis later.’ After the fact, that looks like flinching to me.