Topic of the weeks seems to be: should we use the Self Indication Assumption, or not? Please keep the links coming in and I will post them here for everyone’s convenience.
Yes:
Very Bad News – Overcoming Bias
Multiverse theory proven right – Robert Wiblin
The Doomsday Argument and the Number of Possible Observers – Paper
SIA on other minds – Meteuphoric
God’s Coin Toss – Robert Wiblin
Sleeping Beauty Problem – Paper
Avoiding doomsday – a proof of the self-indication assumption – Less Wrong
The Simulation Argument and the Self-Indication Assumption – Paper
Maybe:
Self-Indication Assumption Doomsday argument rebuttal – Wikipedia
Sleeping Beauty Problem – Wikipedia
SIA won’t doom you – Less Wrong
Our place in the Universe – The Big Questions
An Empirical Test of Anthropic Principle’s Great Filter – Less Wrong
It’s not like anything to be a bat – Less Wrong
No:
Clones In Their Jammies, and Other Variations – Cheap Talk
Betting and Probability: A Curious Puzzle – Cheap Talk (especially see the comments)
Nick Bostrom and Milan Cirkovic – Paper
Analysis of the SIA by Milan M. Ćirković – Paper
Tagged: anthropics, links, philosophy, SIA
