So far most replies are of the type of the invisible dragons in your garage: multiple reasons why looking for them would never work, so one should not even try. This is a classic signature of belief in belief.
A mildly rational reply from an MWI adept would sound as follows: “While the MWI-based outcome pump has some issues, the concept is interesting enough to try to refine and resolve them.”
So far most replies are of the type of the invisible dragons in your garage: multiple reasons why looking for them would never work, so one should not even try.
Except that you’re the only one who’s postulating the dragon, while everyone else is going “Of course dragons don’t exist, why’d we look for them? We should look for unicorns, dammit, unicorns! Not fire-breathing lizards!”
So far most replies are of the type of the invisible dragons in your garage: multiple reasons why looking for them would never work, so one should not even try. This is a classic signature of belief in belief.
A mildly rational reply from an MWI adept would sound as follows: “While the MWI-based outcome pump has some issues, the concept is interesting enough to try to refine and resolve them.”
Except that you’re the only one who’s postulating the dragon, while everyone else is going “Of course dragons don’t exist, why’d we look for them? We should look for unicorns, dammit, unicorns! Not fire-breathing lizards!”