This bet is akin to believing that there are super civilizations in the galaxy, but we don't know they exist. Could be, but, meh!
-----Original Message----- From: John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> To: everything-list <everything-list@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thu, Aug 4, 2016 2:02 pm Subject: Re: If you win the lottery, don't expect to live the rest of your life as a millionaire A few years ago on this list I made a modest proposal, it's a low tech way to test the Many World's interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and as a bonus it'll make you rich too. First you buy one Powerball lottery ticket, the drawing of the winning number is on Saturday at 11pm, now make a simple machine that will pull the trigger on a 44 magnum revolver aimed at your head at exactly 11:00:01pm UNLESS yours is the winning ticket. Your subjective experience can only be that at 11:00:01pm despite 80 million to one odds stacked against you a miracle occurs and the gun does not go off and you're rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Of course for every universe you're rich in there are 80 million in which your friends watch your head explode, but that's a minor point, your consciousness no longer exists in any of those worlds so you never have to see the mess, it's their problem not yours. Actually I like Many Worlds and think it may very well be right, but I wouldn't bet my life on it. 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
