On 26 June 2014 05:29, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > So in effect the non-cloning theorem prevents saying "yes" to the doctor > if you insist on there being no discontinuity in your consciousness. The > Moscow man and the Washington man will be in different quantum states even > before they step out of the teleporter and see what city they are in. Of > course in practice we're not particularly concerned with small gaps in > consciousness. None of this implies some undiscovered physics. >
This is exactly why I try to think of the comp stuff within the MWI, rather than a "classical teleportation scenario". According to theory the MWI gives us a form of duplication which operates at either the substitution level or below it. (Not that this helps me understand some of the later steps...) -- 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/d/optout.
