Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

Admitting the Presumptuous Boost

50:25–50:57 · 32s

Pressed on whether being a 'Thirder' implies favoring universes with more observers, Elga candidly says yes—though he dislikes the implication—setting up the 'presumptuous philosopher' worry in anthropic reasoning.

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