@VesselOfSpirit Do you mean when combined with the assumption that all humans have brains?
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Replying to @preinfarction
@preinfarction ya. like with the assumption that nearby things exist1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@VesselOfSpirit I did mean nearby when I said local. I meant something more like finite causal separation. Sorry. Does that clear things up?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @preinfarction
@preinfarction okay so here's an intuition. the four color theorem is true in all logically possible worlds or whatever, right1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@preinfarction no wait. suppose for the sake of discussion that goldbach's conjecture is true in all logically possible worlds or whatever1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@preinfarction or i mean. suppose that it's true. so that something is true of all the even numbers greater than 21 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@preinfarction then if i'm like. "is the number expressible as the sum of two primes" it's always "yes"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@preinfarction but then Shmeinfarction comes in and says. oh so expressible as sum of two primes is a trivial concept1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@preinfarction it doesn't mean anything to say expressible as the sum of two primes. it's just saying it's an even number above 21 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@preinfarction we must actually mean something else by expressible as the sum of two primes. maybe the primes have to be both the same1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@preinfarction i think that's bad and i think you think that's bad. but i'd have to think hard about whether existence is like that too
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@preinfarction in some relevant way. and i'd have to think hard about what the relevant ways are. and so on1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@preinfarction how does existence as causal proximity deal with when we're multiply embedded in a lot of things. for example1 reply 0 retweets 1 like - 11 more replies
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