Brent Meeker wrote:
> On 25-Dec-01, Saibal Mitra wrote: > > > > Charles Goodwin wrote: > > > >> Or are you claiming that repeated quantum suicide attempts increase the > > chances > >> that you are a computer simulation? > > Yes that is what I claim. > > > > That would only occur if there was some sort > >> of cul-de-sac (assuming you *start* from a physical instantiation, at > > least). If > >> you are physically instantiated at some point in time, all physical > >> instantiations must end in a cul-de-sac before you can 'travel' to a > > universe in > >> which you are a computer simulation. > > > > Why? If your brain were replaced by a digital one, you would still be the > > same person. If I made a digital version of you and let the biological > > version of you live on, then there would be a 50% chance you would end up as > > the digital person. > > I'm not sure what to make of such statements. It seems to me there's a 100% > chance Charles would end up as both. Are you positing a supernatural soul > that's *really* Charles and can only be in one of the two physical 'brains'? Not at all. There are two identical ``souls´´. Of course there is a 100% chance that you would be in either the real world or the simulation. I am saying that if Charles could perform an experiment to find out whether he was in the simulation or in the real world, there would be a 50% chance for him to be in the simulation. Saibal
