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zen_tom, if something unlikely happens, then you look at the universe, realize there are others present, and examine the set of possible observations that could have seen the unlikely event.
Everything you described, once you realize there are others out there, becomes a likely thing to happen to someone.
The experiment I described, given a traditional universe, is mind bogglingly unlikely to happen in the history of creation.
2^10 is about 10^3
2^1000 = (2^10)^100 = 10^300
One in 10^300 chance.
Events of that probability do not happen, not before proton decay deletes the universe.
If I flipped a coin and it landed heads up 1000 times, I would look for an outside explaination -- up to and including the laws of physics where completely wrong. If one was missing, I would reasonably have to assume m-u. Out of the reasonable theories, only m-u provides enough 'room' for such an unlikely event to occur.
The "being in the box" experiment is just a graphic example of one such experiment you could do.
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