Timeless physics breaks T-Rex's mind [LINK]

Hamlet Henna: Cats and Kittens, I wrote a summary of the TDT free will position on reddit in the comment section of a Dinosaur Comics post.

HamletHenna: DID I TOTALLY LEAD RYAN NORTH TO TIMELESS PHYSICS?

Dromiceiomimus: That seems highly unlikely, HamletHenna! You don't even know if Mr. North reads comments on reddit posts of his comics, much less whether he did that and followed your link and made it four levels deep in the LW link tree to the timeless physics writeup.

HamletHenna: But that was sixteen days ago! The timeline fits so nicely!

Utahraptor: Insubstantial, HamletHenna! A headache might nicely be explained by an aneurysm, but aneurysms are rare and headaches are common. You, my friend, have fallen yet again for the representativeness heuristic.

HamletHenna: Aw shucks, not again.

HamletHenna: Dear Journal, probability theory is a JERK.

(Overt glee saved for comments)

Two of my favorite things on the Internet just became connected. Is this awesome (Y/Y)?

THE ONLY ANSWER IS YES

Hopefully means some DC readers will stick around on LW

Um, where is there a shout-out to Eliezer's post? This sort of philosophical question has been around well before Eliezer's post and I see no direct reference to that post. Martin Gardner had a column many years ago discussing the same sort of issues. It is a mistake to think that something is referencing something else simply because you saw the idea in that other location.