Stathis Papaioannou wrote: ... > Suppose God took Platonia, in all its richness, and made it physical. What > would expect to > experience in the next moment? > > (a) nothing > (b) everything > (c) something > > (a) can't be right. Although in the vast majority of universes in the next > moment your head > explodes or the laws of physics change such that your brain stops working > (sorry), as long as > there is at least one copy of you still conscious, you can expect to remain > conscious. > > (b) can't be right. However many copies of you there are, you only experience > being one at > a time. Even if one of the copies is mind-melded with others, that still > counts as an individual > with more complex experiences. Moreover, it is doubtful whether an experience > of everything > simultaneously - every possible thought, including all the incoherent ones - > is different to no > experience at all, much as a page covered in ink contains no more information > than a blank > page. > > Therefore, (c) must be right. You can expect to experience something. What is > it that you > might experience, if all possibilities are actualised? What will you > experience if no measure is > defined, or all the possibilities have equal measure?
I'd expect to experience just one consistent actuallity - just like I do now when one of two possibilities in my modest universe is realized. I never find myself in a linear superposition of states and my coins never come up both heads and tails at the same time. Brent Meeker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
