On Fri, 13 Sept 2024 at 15:08, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 1:07 PM Liz R <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think that works. The idea often put forward is something along > the lines of self-locating uncertainty -- out of all the branches, which > one am I on? But that is only apparent randomness, and to get such an idea > to work, you need to be able to make a random choice between branches. Such > randomness will be intrinsic in that It doesn't come from anywhere else (it > is not already part of the theory). So in order to generate such apparent > randomness you actually need an independent source of intrinsic randomness > (to be able to make your self-locating choice.) > The intrinsic randomness arises from the fact that it is impossible to predict which branch you will end up in, even for an omniscient being. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAH%3D2ypVkKE4W0iDiviwcefNrXAbTP_1fUHymVEBxqUYTfBGQAg%40mail.gmail.com.
