Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedMichael Nielsen: belief
29 May 2024 Conversations with Tyler Michael Nielsen on Collaboration, Quantum Computing, and Civilization's Fragility
“I think my appreciation for God has gone way up. I appreciate the construction of the religions far more than I did.”
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- Michael Nielsen
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- belief
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- 29 May 2024
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…— my opinion time span is going to be 40 plus something. I think my appreciation for God has gone way up. I appreciate the construction of the religions far more than I did. What notions of God do for people — I’m vastly more appreciative. My probability, I don’t think, has really changed. What about evolutionary frameworks where there’s some Darwinian process, some kinds of universes within a broader metaverse? They reproduce at greater frequencies. That shapes the properties of what we live in. Isn’t that a substitute for a good explanation, and that rises in probability just a bit?…
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