On 05 Dec 2013, at 21:56, Richard Ruquist wrote: Well John not you nor I are believers in QI but there seem to be plenty on this list.
Bruno: Can you refute comp-I? I can't, even without the step 8. Richard: I do not have to since it is a matter of belief. I do not believe that universes split or that quantum immortality is an option. That's why I say QI is a religion. Of course I also say science can be a religion, my religion. On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:03 AM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote: > > On 05 Dec 2013, at 21:56, Richard Ruquist wrote: > > Well John not you nor I are believers in QI > but there seem to be plenty on this list. > > > Can you refute comp-I? > > I can't, even without the step 8. > > Bruno > > > > > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:51 PM, John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Richard Ruquist <yann...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> > Who can tell me that quantum immortality is not religion. >>> >> >> I can. The defining characteristic of religious people is being seldom >> correct but always certain, and so quantum immortality is not a religion >> because I'm far from certain, I don't know that it's true and I don't know >> that it's untrue. Technically I'd have to say the same about the existence >> of God, but the probability that the Christian or Muslim God exists is, >> although nonzero, too low to worry about. I would guess that the >> probability quantum immortality exists is low, although vastly greater than >> the probability of God's existence. I don't know what the probability that >> my probability estimate is correct, probably pretty low. >> >> John K Clark >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
