Comment by boringuser2 2 years ago [flagged] 5 comments boringuser2 Reply Vecr 2 years ago More or less the weak anthropic principle. Maybe once people get universal sequence predictors really going there would be a better argument. boringuser2 2 years ago Rather than waiting for god-machines, you could just believe in god.Not specifically any religion, just god. Or god-entity. Or god-force. Basically, deus ex machina except for philosophyIt's a surprisingly strong position. Respects occams razor, low amount of moving parts, etc. msla 2 years ago A supernatural being is the exact opposite of Occam's Razor, in that it posits a maximally-complex being that did everything. 1 reply → Vecr 2 years ago A universal sequence predictor can be used as a vastly better version of Occam's razor. It's not a god machine unless someone uses it wrong.
Vecr 2 years ago More or less the weak anthropic principle. Maybe once people get universal sequence predictors really going there would be a better argument. boringuser2 2 years ago Rather than waiting for god-machines, you could just believe in god.Not specifically any religion, just god. Or god-entity. Or god-force. Basically, deus ex machina except for philosophyIt's a surprisingly strong position. Respects occams razor, low amount of moving parts, etc. msla 2 years ago A supernatural being is the exact opposite of Occam's Razor, in that it posits a maximally-complex being that did everything. 1 reply → Vecr 2 years ago A universal sequence predictor can be used as a vastly better version of Occam's razor. It's not a god machine unless someone uses it wrong.
boringuser2 2 years ago Rather than waiting for god-machines, you could just believe in god.Not specifically any religion, just god. Or god-entity. Or god-force. Basically, deus ex machina except for philosophyIt's a surprisingly strong position. Respects occams razor, low amount of moving parts, etc. msla 2 years ago A supernatural being is the exact opposite of Occam's Razor, in that it posits a maximally-complex being that did everything. 1 reply → Vecr 2 years ago A universal sequence predictor can be used as a vastly better version of Occam's razor. It's not a god machine unless someone uses it wrong.
msla 2 years ago A supernatural being is the exact opposite of Occam's Razor, in that it posits a maximally-complex being that did everything. 1 reply →
Vecr 2 years ago A universal sequence predictor can be used as a vastly better version of Occam's razor. It's not a god machine unless someone uses it wrong.
More or less the weak anthropic principle. Maybe once people get universal sequence predictors really going there would be a better argument.
Rather than waiting for god-machines, you could just believe in god.
Not specifically any religion, just god. Or god-entity. Or god-force. Basically, deus ex machina except for philosophy
It's a surprisingly strong position. Respects occams razor, low amount of moving parts, etc.
A supernatural being is the exact opposite of Occam's Razor, in that it posits a maximally-complex being that did everything.
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A universal sequence predictor can be used as a vastly better version of Occam's razor. It's not a god machine unless someone uses it wrong.