On 11/12/2013 12:45 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote:
2013/11/12 meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net <mailto:meeke...@verizon.net>>
On 11/12/2013 12:23 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote:
This is ASSA, and I find that absurd, there is no absolute probability of
being
alive, probability is only meaningful between two moments...
But there's a probability of being alive at time t in the future,
This is ASSA
and that can become arbitrarily small, and in fact it is arbitrarily small
If absolute measure makes sense, then your absolute measure is always decreasing, still
in MWI, as there is always a next moment (which will be as *real* as the previous one),
I don't see how ASSA is relevant for the question.
I guess it depends on how you value future states. If only those you exist in matter then
you can ignore the ASSA. No need for life insurance. No concern about global warming.
- so all rational decisions will be based on assuming it becomes zero.
Right?
I don't see how decisions come into play here, rational decisions depends on the one
taking them... I would rationally choose to minimize arm for me (so as not to put my
life in jeopardy), because if MWI is true *and* with RSSA, me in front on a shotgun,
will likely result me being crippled while not dead with a hell lot more probability
than being perfectly safe
But most such events, like being shot with a shotgun, are essentially classical which
implies that your continuations depend on extremely improbable events - Rumsfeld's unknown
unknowns, e.g. you wake up from having dreamed a whole life which led to you being shot,
or you discover you are just participating in a simulation in which you were shot, or
you're not really Quentin Anciaux, or... Did you read "Divided by Infinity"?
.... RSSA is of use, ASSA not much at all.
So have you bought an annuity for your retirement?
Brent
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