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big facts (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 6 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

I don't think reasonable is even it for me, it's just a helpful assumption.

If they are doing a perfect job at a Truman show type situation, there's nothing you can do, so you might as well assume they're not and play your role.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's more reasonable via Occam's razor (more complexity is less reasonable, when everything else is equal). However it is still just a belief axiom. You have to assume 1 holds.

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Too many cut themselves on Occam's razor, incorrectly presuming all else equal.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    If things are not all equal, then we can slice off a section of the axiom, and start dissecting it, via science. The axiom only applies if things are exactly equal.

    E.g. Gravity wave detectors have found oddities, just above the noise floor. These are likely equipment artifacts. They are also consistent with us being in a simulation, and us touching close to the resolution limit. If true (quite unlikely) then it would prove the axiom false.

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