Problems are inevitable.
Fallibilism and the multiverse is related, because the multiverse necessitates that we have to prioritize certain problems over others—the choosing already constitutes a problem in itself (and assuming otherwise is topologically similar to explaining Shor’s algorithm as performing the computation across the multiverse). The multiverse implies that you cannot exhaust the other universes—this is why any theory cannot exhaust reality, the topology of which somehow reminds me of Cantor’s Infinity Hotel.
Put differently, Popper’s fallibilism and the concept of problem, Deutsch’s MWI, my interpretation of Austrian economics (e.g., Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard), Scott Aaronson’s skepticism around MWI, is all connected.
Next:
- 1-2.0 It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong
- 1-2a We perceive nothing as what it really is, but only virtually
Related:
- 1-1c4b You always have to solve problems, including the problem of what problems to solve
- 1-2f1a Error-correction is the beginning of infinity. All jumps to universality occur in digital systems.
- 2-1a0c2 Failing is inevitable, but do not fail epistemologically
- 3-1b Be flexible with the problem itself, because you may not know what’s the real problem yet
- 3-1c3c3 Take ideas seriously, but not too seriously. Don’t be the idea.
- 5-1b1 Invest in preparedness. Be redundant and resourceful in every aspect. Minimize opportunity cost to achieve great things.
- 5-1b1a2c0 No theory can exhaust reality
- I think humans are funny because we make mistakes unintentionally