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Adam Elga

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
690 total appearances

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

So someone could say, look, either the machine is good or it's bad.

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

If it's good, then it really is made out of a fried egg.

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

But if it's bad, but if it's, but if it's bad,

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

Then don't trust that it's from, and we're fine.

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

So what do we really think when you get a machine like that?

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

You think, well, look, the machine's bad, but it's not because you think it's, I can see that there's, it's just made of a fried egg.

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

You could think it's given me something crazy.

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

So now let's transport that kind.

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

Oh, and by the way, in the machine case, you think, well, what is, what is inside that machine?

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

And the answer is, I don't know.

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

And it's sort of like whatever you thought would have been decided there before you pointed it in.

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

But, you know, don't trust that it's such a good machine.

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

You know, it's sort of like the stance of someone says, you know, you can't rely on this machine being good.

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

But what do you think's in this box?

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

But notice the answer of, I don't know, something is not unstable.