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by YeGoblynQueenne 2402 days ago
>> The point of the thought experiment is just a very likely but very positive act.

(You mean very _un_likely eh?)

The reason I'm objecting specifically to the seventh dimension stuff is that it's just something fanciful that someone came up with, so it's obviously fake and I don't have to believe it even a little bit.

The probability of someone just handing out money (if I read you correctly this time) is very low, but not zero, yes. But I'm contesting the claim that I'm never allowed to assign 0 probability to anything, because then I'm at risk of losing out. Sometimes, you don't risk being wrong by disbelieving something.

Anyway I'm getting more and more confused by this conversation. I don't think it's getting anywhere. Thanks for your patience- you have the floor.