On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote:
> Brent, > > Consider a simple computational analogy: if consciousness is a program, > running multiple instances of it doesn’t create different "people"—it just > creates more instances of the same subjective experience. > > Now, imagine we take a program that simulates an observer. We run it 9 > times on computers that display "1" on the screen and once on a computer > that displays "0". Each instance of the program experiences seeing either > "1" or "0", but the overwhelming majority experience "1". > > This mirrors how observer instances distribute in MWI: more instances > exist in high-amplitude branches. The program has no way to distinguish > whether it's in a "common" or "rare" instance, but if you were to randomly > select an instance, it would most likely be one that sees "1". > > This is the key distinction: probability in MWI doesn’t come from counting > branches; it comes from the relative number of observer instances in each. > The Born rule follows naturally if amplitude determines observer > frequency—just as in the example, where the majority of observer instances > see "1" despite both outcomes occurring. > Prove that the amplitude determines observer frequency - the evidence is all against you. It is clear that the Schrodinger equation does not act on amplitudes. Decoherence does increase the number of copies of an observer on a particular branch (or, better, related branches). But that just demonstrates that your "preponderance of observers" is no more than simp[le branch counting. Bruce -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLQszdaHgOEChjWkpWASBvyXGGnC433%2Bx9SXmOBo7y9wpg%40mail.gmail.com.
