Anthropic Bias Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy Nick Bostrom



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P(M|E) = P(M)

Since by definition P(M|E’) = P(M|E), this implies:

P(M|E’) < P(M|E’) (*)

Because of the symmetry of the :s, P(M|E’) = c, for every , for no ground has been given for why some of the universes would have given more reason, had it been the fine-tuned, for believing M, than would any other similarly fine-tuned. Since E’ implies the disjunction , this together with (*) implies:


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