On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Quentin Anciaux <allco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > In the MWI John Clark doesn't have to worry about who "I" or "you" is >> because however many copies of "I" or "you" there may or may not be they >> will never meet. >> > > > That changes absolutely nothing... just put the reconstruction of the W > guy 200 years later than the M guy, they will never meet... > If that happened then it's true the W guy could not interact with the M guy, but the M guy could still interact with the W guy; just as you can make no changes in Plato but Plato can make changes in you, and it happens every time you pick up one of Plato's books. But I can have absolutely no effect on the John Clark in one of Everett's Many Worlds nor can that other fellow have any effect on me; so in Everett pronouns cause no trouble and the question "which one is you?" never comes up, but it certainly does with Bruno's stuff. 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.
