In principle, any observer should condition on everything they observe. Bounded rationality means this isn’t always useful, but it does suggest that deliberately ignoring things that might be relevant may cripple the ability to form good world models.
The usual Doomsday argument deliberately ignores practically everything, and is worth correspondingly little.
In principle, any observer should condition on everything they observe. Bounded rationality means this isn’t always useful, but it does suggest that deliberately ignoring things that might be relevant may cripple the ability to form good world models.
The usual Doomsday argument deliberately ignores practically everything, and is worth correspondingly little.