since I don’t know how to solve any version of the Schrodinger Equation, I’m going by more general priors
Sure. It is very reasonable to put some trust (but probably not too much) in what EY says about MWI if your experience shows that he is not out to lunch in the areas of your expertise. Assuming that is what you mean by “more general priors”.
That wasn’t at all what I had in mind, though Eliezer’s generally high level of intelligence and meticulousness makes MWI seem a little more likely to me.
No,my strongest general priors in play are that it’s likely that there are different degrees of understanding the Schrodinger Equation, that people might kid themselves about how well they understand it, and that there’s more than one take on MWI. My prior for there’s more to understanding MWI than the Schrodinger equation is a little weaker, but not much.
Sure. It is very reasonable to put some trust (but probably not too much) in what EY says about MWI if your experience shows that he is not out to lunch in the areas of your expertise. Assuming that is what you mean by “more general priors”.
That wasn’t at all what I had in mind, though Eliezer’s generally high level of intelligence and meticulousness makes MWI seem a little more likely to me.
No,my strongest general priors in play are that it’s likely that there are different degrees of understanding the Schrodinger Equation, that people might kid themselves about how well they understand it, and that there’s more than one take on MWI. My prior for there’s more to understanding MWI than the Schrodinger equation is a little weaker, but not much.