And, if we do have the anthropic explanation to ‘protect us’ from doomsday-like outcomes, why should we worry about them?
Can you explain how it is not hypocritical to consider anthropic explanations relevant to previous experiences but not to future ones?
Observation that you current exist trivially implies that you haven’t been destroyed, but doesn’t imply that you won’t be destroyed. As simple as that.
Observation that you current exist trivially implies that you haven’t been destroyed, but doesn’t imply that you won’t be destroyed. As simple as that.
I can’t observe myself getting destroyed either, however.
When you close your eyes, the World doesn’t go dark.
The world probably doesn’t go dark. We can’t know for sure without using sense data.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/pb/belief_in_the_implied_invisible/