2009/3/5 Johnathan Corgan :
> It is at least conceivable that the collection of particles that is me
> could undergo some environmental interaction such that *all* the
> following entangled branches decohere into states that do *not* map to
> the emergent class of "me, being conscious." Then I w
Bruno,
> Indeed, that would be like if a number could make disappear another
> number. Even a God cannot do that!
The idea would be rather that some continuations would correspond
to non-existent numbers, like, say, the natural number between 3 and 4.
Cheers,
Günther
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Stathis,
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
>> Imagine the sequence:
>>
>> Scan - Annihilate - Signal - Reconstitute
> The no-cul-de-sac hypothesis is false if you allow that there is some
> means of destroying all copies in the multiverse. But there is
> probably no such means, no matter how advanced t
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 12:25 +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote:
> > The no-cul-de-sac hypothesis is false if you allow that there is some
> > means of destroying all copies in the multiverse. But there is
> > probably no such means, no matter how advanced the aliens.
>
> Indeed, that would be like if a n
On 04 Mar 2009, at 07:08, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
>
> 2009/3/4 Bruno Marchal :
>
>> That is why the B people made a law, for helping those who
>> misunderstand the probability. If you decide (before duplication) to
>> kill the copy, the choice of victim/torturer is still decided through
>> a
On 04 Mar 2009, at 07:13, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
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> 2009/3/4 Günther Greindl :
>
>> Imagine the sequence:
>>
>> Scan - Annihilate - Signal - Reconstitute
>>
>> Now consider that the Signal travels for 100 000 lightyears
>> before it hits the reconstitution chamber (just to
>> have a big dis
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