I’m sorry, but why can’t there simply be an infinite amount of explanations, why can’t the regress just go on infinitely? (You say “must”)
It’s part of the worship option, I would say. As he would otherwise be contradicting himself when he outlines the actual Explain option.
Edit: Whoops, the next comment is by Eliezer addressing this question but I’m going to leave this here for ease of reading.
Agreed but the question is still how big of an infinity? An infinity of one? An infinity of five or eight or none?
I’m sorry, but why can’t there simply be an infinite amount of explanations, why can’t the regress just go on infinitely? (You say “must”)
It’s part of the worship option, I would say. As he would otherwise be contradicting himself when he outlines the actual Explain option.
Edit: Whoops, the next comment is by Eliezer addressing this question but I’m going to leave this here for ease of reading.
Agreed but the question is still how big of an infinity? An infinity of one? An infinity of five or eight or none?