Re: Rationality, Miracles and ETI

Dan Fabulich (daniel.fabulich@yale.edu)
Tue, 2 Nov 1999 19:18:09 -0500 (EST)

'What is your name?' 'hal@finney.org.' 'IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!!!':

> It doesn't seem to me that this reasoning leads to the right answer,
> though...

This may well be the case, but if so, then I think Eliezer was probably wrong in saying that he should continue to ascribe "miracle" claims to human legend rather than to intervention, in the case where the Matrix Hypothesis turned out to be the case.

-Dan

-unless you love someone-
-nothing else makes any sense-

e.e. cummings