It is not like we have to choose between infinity and something finite, the universe seems to have an expiration date as it is.
(Although it might make sense to have this as a default hypothesis, it could easily be wrong for multiple disjunctive reasons, and careful attention is warranted if one wants more out of their analysis than some fun far mode fantasy.)
Yes that is why I put “seems to have” in the sentence rather than simply “has”. I didn’t feel it productive to discuss those unlikley scenarios in this thread.
Fair enough; in retrospect I likely wouldn’t have commented if I agreed that timeless/eternal scenarios are unlikely rather than highly likely, so in a sense I’m like an atheist interrupting a reasonable soteriological debate, which isn’t exactly classy.
if I agreed that timeless/eternal scenarios are unlikely rather than highly likely
Please feel free to shorten inferential distances with references to previous LW discussions or sources. My best estimation is that we probably will be limited by negentropy, since you are likley familiar with the basic physics, I expect I will need to update in your direction as I probably haven’t heard the same arguments or scenarios that you have.
(Although it might make sense to have this as a default hypothesis, it could easily be wrong for multiple disjunctive reasons, and careful attention is warranted if one wants more out of their analysis than some fun far mode fantasy.)
Yes that is why I put “seems to have” in the sentence rather than simply “has”. I didn’t feel it productive to discuss those unlikley scenarios in this thread.
Fair enough; in retrospect I likely wouldn’t have commented if I agreed that timeless/eternal scenarios are unlikely rather than highly likely, so in a sense I’m like an atheist interrupting a reasonable soteriological debate, which isn’t exactly classy.
Please feel free to shorten inferential distances with references to previous LW discussions or sources. My best estimation is that we probably will be limited by negentropy, since you are likley familiar with the basic physics, I expect I will need to update in your direction as I probably haven’t heard the same arguments or scenarios that you have.