It's scary. I've got 0. I don't see the any evidence of this world being worked on. - Рабинович, вам потребовалось целых семь дней, чтобы пошить мои брюки! Весь мир был создан за меньшее время! - Да? А вы посмотрите на этот мир.. И посмотрите на эти брюки!
I also do not see any evendence. But when they ask whether it is conceivable that this Universe is someone's high-school project, I just cannot say: "no". But I see no evidence of that, so I would not bet even $1 on that, if you offer me $1B.
I can understand your reasoning but then I don't see how you got only 45 points. You admit the possibility that this world is a test tube but somehow reject the idea that the experimenter may still be around and has the means to intervene? (50 points)
+1 - couldn't see a way to get more than 0 This whole thing is based on Dawkin's book "The God Delusion". He goes into the whole bit about why even "conceiving that the Universe is someone's high-school project" is not as "rational" as it sounds. E.g., if you don't believe in God, then the above statement has the same relevance as saying that the Universe does not exist altogether and it's all a Matrix, or we are all in your dream, etc.
Yes, this assertion is on the level of Descartes Demon hypothesis. Still, it cannot be disproved altogether (since you are unlikely to find any axioms beyond "I think -- therefore I am").
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- Рабинович, вам потребовалось целых семь дней, чтобы пошить мои брюки! Весь мир был создан за меньшее время!
- Да? А вы посмотрите на этот мир.. И посмотрите на эти брюки!
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I also do not see any evendence. But when they ask whether it is conceivable that this Universe is someone's high-school project, I just cannot say: "no". But I see no evidence of that, so I would not bet even $1 on that, if you offer me $1B.
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The 50pt question has no "maybe" in it, I believe.
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This whole thing is based on Dawkin's book "The God Delusion". He goes into the whole bit about why even "conceiving that the Universe is someone's high-school project" is not as "rational" as it sounds. E.g., if you don't believe in God, then the above statement has the same relevance as saying that the Universe does not exist altogether and it's all a Matrix, or we are all in your dream, etc.
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