Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2014, at 10:49, LizR wrote: On 2 March 2014 21:33, Bruno Marchal wrote: Because "1+1=2" is elementary math, learned in high school. " "1+1=2" is a fact " is a non trivial philosophical statement, which involved a non trivial notion like "fact". I have seen people discussing ad n

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-03-02 Thread LizR
On 2 March 2014 21:33, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Because "1+1=2" is elementary math, learned in high school. > " "1+1=2" is a fact " is a non trivial philosophical statement, which > involved a non trivial notion like "fact". I have seen people discussing ad > nauseam on what is a fact, and some p

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Mar 2014, at 10:15, LizR wrote: On 1 March 2014 21:03, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 01 Mar 2014, at 02:06, LizR wrote: On 1 March 2014 03:22, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Feb 2014, at 03:31, LizR wrote: Indeed. I have mentioned at times that if you accept "Yes Doctor" the rest of comp follo

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-03-01 Thread LizR
On 1 March 2014 21:03, Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 01 Mar 2014, at 02:06, LizR wrote: > > On 1 March 2014 03:22, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> On 26 Feb 2014, at 03:31, LizR wrote: >> >> Indeed. I have mentioned at times that if you accept "Yes Doctor" the >>> rest of comp follows. Which I realise isn

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-03-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Mar 2014, at 02:06, LizR wrote: On 1 March 2014 03:22, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Feb 2014, at 03:31, LizR wrote: Indeed. I have mentioned at times that if you accept "Yes Doctor" the rest of comp follows. Which I realise isn't quite true, ? You might elaborate on this. What is the "re

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Feb 2014, at 19:14, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>Sorry, I was guessing something along the lines of FPI = first person interpretation. > ??? !!! > You are the one describing the FPI as a crazy discovery. No, I'm the one who keeps say

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-28 Thread LizR
On 1 March 2014 03:22, Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 26 Feb 2014, at 03:31, LizR wrote: > > Indeed. I have mentioned at times that if you accept "Yes Doctor" the rest >> of comp follows. Which I realise isn't quite true, >> > ? You might elaborate on this. What is the "rest", and why do you think it

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Feb 2014, at 15:28, David Nyman wrote: On 26 February 2014 17:04, Bruno Marchal wrote: Hi David, On 24 Feb 2014, at 17:32, David Nyman wrote: On 24 February 2014 15:50, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Feb 2014, at 02:41, David Nyman wrote: On 24 February 2014 01:04, chris peck wrote

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-28 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >>Sorry, I was guessing something along the lines of FPI = first person > interpretation. > > > ??? > !!! > You are the one describing the FPI as a crazy discovery. > No, I'm the one who keeps saying that first person indeterminacy (I d

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Feb 2014, at 19:37, John Clark wrote: On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> provide the algorithm of prediction. >> Why? What does that have to do with the price of eggs? FPI is about the feeling of self and prediction has nothing to do with it. > FPI = first

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-28 Thread David Nyman
On 26 February 2014 17:04, Bruno Marchal wrote: Hi David, > > On 24 Feb 2014, at 17:32, David Nyman wrote: > > On 24 February 2014 15:50, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> >> On 24 Feb 2014, at 02:41, David Nyman wrote: >> >> On 24 February 2014 01:04, chris peck wrote: >> >> *>>This is the same as say

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Feb 2014, at 03:31, LizR wrote: On 26 February 2014 15:16, chris peck wrote: Hi Liz >> In the MWI you do see spin up every time! ,,, if the definition of "you" has been changed to accommodate the fact that you've split. Well what definition of 'you' do you suggest we use? What is

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
ta and the non communicable qualia. I think. With their rich mathematics. Bruno All the best Chris From: allco...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:33:21 +0100 Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) To: everything-list@googlegroups.com 2014-02-26 7:31 GMT+01

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
partial solutions, testable, and up to now tested (thanks to both Gödel and QM). Bruno All the best Chris. From: marc...@ulb.ac.be To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 05:26:02 +0100 On 25 Feb 2014, at 07

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-26 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> provide the algorithm of prediction. >>> >> >> >> Why? What does that have to do with the price of eggs? FPI is about >> the feeling of self and prediction has nothing to do with it. >> > > > FPI = first person indeterminacy > Sorry, I wa

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi David, On 24 Feb 2014, at 17:32, David Nyman wrote: On 24 February 2014 15:50, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Feb 2014, at 02:41, David Nyman wrote: On 24 February 2014 01:04, chris peck wrote: >>This is the same as saying that I will experience all possible futures in the MWI - but

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread LizR
On 26 February 2014 19:31, chris peck wrote: > Hi Liz > > *>> I meant changed from our everyday definition, in which we normally > assume there is only one you, which is (or is at least associated with) > your physical structure. Which we generally assume exists in one universe.* > > We lose that

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread chris peck
if MWI must be in accordance with QM. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds/#PRPO All the best Chris. From: allco...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:28:53 +0100 Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) To: everything-list@googlegroups.com 2014-02-26 7:2

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread Quentin Anciaux
ttp://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds/#PRPO > > All the best > > Chris. > > ---------- > From: allco...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:28:53 +0100 > > Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) > To: everything-list@googlegroups.com > &

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread chris peck
s in which 'we' appear. All the best Chris. From: allco...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:28:53 +0100 Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) To: everything-list@googlegroups.com 2014-02-26 7:21 GMT+01:00 chris peck : Hi Bruno >> Yes, it is t

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread Quentin Anciaux
y are wrong, but only the interpretation > of what is probability change in MWI (and duplication settings)... not the > prediction... if you say it is totally useless, then you're ready to make a > bet with me (as everything for your has equal probability of happening...) > > Qu

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread Quentin Anciaux
useless, then you're ready to make a bet with me (as everything for your has equal probability of happening...) Quentin > > All the best > > Chris. > > ---------- > From: marc...@ulb.ac.be > To: everything-list@googlegroups.com > > Su

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread chris peck
utcome without being committed to the view that either future self sees both. All that 1p,3p,3-1p,1-3p stuff is a rubbishy smoke screen to divert attention from the simple error you make here, isn't it? All the best Chris. From: marc...@ulb.ac.be To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Feb 2014, at 07:31, Quentin Anciaux wrote: Greaves rejects subjective uncertainty. With respect to spin up and spin down pay special attention to the point in section 4.1 where, in discussion of a thought experiment formally identical to Bruno's step 3, he argues: "What ... should

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
ris. > From: marc...@ulb.ac.be > To: everything-list@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) > Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:21:00 +0100 > > > On 25 Feb 2014, at 18:35, John Clark wrote: > > > > > > > > provide

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread LizR
On 26 February 2014 15:53, chris peck wrote: > Hi Liz > > *>>Assuming comp it appears to be the state(s) that could follow on from > your current brain state via whatever transitions rules are allowed by - I > assume - logical necessity. Perhaps Bruno can explain.* > > let me ask a more round abo

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread chris peck
me 'if the definition of "you" has been changed to accommodate the fact that you've split' Changed from which definition? All the best Chris. Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:31:01 +1300 Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) From: lizj..

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread LizR
On 26 February 2014 15:16, chris peck wrote: > Hi Liz > > *>> In the MWI you do see spin up every time! ,,, if the definition of > "you" has been changed to accommodate the fact that you've split. * > > Well what definition of 'you' do you suggest we use? What is your > criterion for identity ove

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread chris peck
.@ulb.ac.be > To: everything-list@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) > Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:21:00 +0100 > > > On 25 Feb 2014, at 18:35, John Clark wrote: > > > > > > > > provide the algorithm of predic

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Feb 2014, at 18:35, John Clark wrote: > provide the algorithm of prediction. Why? What does that have to do with the price of eggs? FPI is about the feeling of self and prediction has nothing to do with it. FPI = first person indeterminacy of result of experience having two outco

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Feb 2014, at 10:43, Quentin Anciaux wrote: >> David Deutsch does not reject probability... Sure he does, he swaps out the Born rule for rational decision theory (+ amendments to make it compatible with MWI). There isn't probability, but we should act 'as if' there was. Its what he's

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Feb 2014, at 01:05, chris peck wrote: The point is that how probability fits into MWI's determinist framework, or any TofE really, is still an open question. Of course, and my point is that comp aggravates that problem, as only extends the indterminacy from a wave to arithmetic. But

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > Did the Helsinki Man see Washington and Moscow? Yes. >>> >>> >>> In the 3-1 view. Not in the 1-1 view. >>> >> >> > >> In who's "1-1 view"? You'll probably say in "The Helsinki Man's" >> > > > No. The W-man and the M-m > But that

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread Quentin Anciaux
tstochastic processes occur. For instance if asked whether they occur he > will certainly reply ‘no’, because the non-probabilistic axioms of quantum > theory require the stateto evolve in a continuous and deterministic way.)"* > > Now if you want to make the case that Deutsch '

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread chris peck
7;no probabilistic axiom is required in quantum theory' be my guest. Im always up for a laugh. All the best Chris. From: allco...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:43:33 +0100 Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) To: everything-list@googlegroups.com 2014-02

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-25 Thread Quentin Anciaux
r measure will follow the predicted distribution... so what's your point ? > if you disagree you need display the same generosity and explain to me > what you think they are arguing and how that is different. > See upper Quentin > Waving your hands in the air demanding more and mo

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-24 Thread chris peck
moniously and uncritically ditch is no-ones idea of fun. All the best Chris. Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 20:26:52 +1300 Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) From: lizj...@gmail.com To: everything-list@googlegroups.com In the MWI you do see spin up every time! ,,, if the de

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-24 Thread LizR
In the MWI you *do* see spin up every time! ,,, if the definition of "you" has been changed to accommodate the fact that you've split. Or to put it another way, you (now) will become you (who sees spin up) and you (who sees spin down), which by then will be two different people. -- You received t

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-24 Thread Quentin Anciaux
ility to measure spin up was one.* > > See above. > Well what I see does not seem to make sense. Regards, Quentin > > All the best > > Chris. > > -- > From: da...@davidnyman.com > Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:32:01 + > > Subject: Re: 3-

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-24 Thread LizR
On 25 February 2014 16:54, chris peck wrote: > Hi Liz > > *>> I can't see why the MWI's existing explanation of probability needs to > have anything added.* > > I can't see that MWI has an explanation of probability. > > > > > *>>Probability in the MWI is deduced from the results of measurements

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-24 Thread chris peck
assign a probability to seeing either result I assign 1 to both. Theirs is a method of calculating frequencies of me seeing ups and downs but not probabilities of seeing up or down. All the best Chris. Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:30:48 +1300 Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chines

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-24 Thread LizR
On 25 February 2014 13:05, chris peck wrote: > Since Everett there have been numerous attempts to smuggle an account of > probability back into the theory, and more recent attempts: Deutsch, > Wallace, Greaves etc., do that by abandoning the concept of subjective > uncertainty altogether and repl

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-24 Thread chris peck
a...@davidnyman.com Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:32:01 +0000 Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) To: everything-list@googlegroups.com On 24 February 2014 15:50, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 24 Feb 2014, at 02:41, David Nyman wrote: On 24 February 2014 01:04, chris peck

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-24 Thread David Nyman
On 24 February 2014 15:50, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 24 Feb 2014, at 02:41, David Nyman wrote: > > On 24 February 2014 01:04, chris peck wrote: > > *>>This is the same as saying that I will experience all possible futures >> in the MWI - but by the time I experience them, of course, the versio

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 24 Feb 2014, at 02:41, David Nyman wrote: On 24 February 2014 01:04, chris peck wrote: >>This is the same as saying that I will experience all possible futures in the MWI - but by the time I experience them, of course, the version of me in each branch will be different, and it always

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-24 Thread Bruno Marchal
1. from the stand point of the person duplicated. Certainly for me he doesn't manage that. What is wrong with above? Bruno All the best Chris. > From: marc...@ulb.ac.be > To: everything-list@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) >

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-23 Thread Quentin Anciaux
in good company. > > See here: > > http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0312136 > > All the best > > Chris. > > -- > From: chris_peck...@hotmail.com > To: everything-list@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than th

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-23 Thread LizR
On 24 February 2014 14:04, chris peck wrote: > Hi Liz > > *>> Let's also suppose you don't know which solar system you will be sent > to, and that in fact the matter transmitter is supposed to send you to A or > B with equal probability based on some "quantum coin flip". But by accident > it dup

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-23 Thread David Nyman
On 24 February 2014 01:04, chris peck wrote: *>>This is the same as saying that I will experience all possible futures > in the MWI - but by the time I experience them, of course, the version of > me in each branch will be different, and it always seems to me, > retrospectively, as though I only

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-23 Thread chris peck
ust recognition that each duplicate sees one outcome, I think that he actually wants to show that 3p and 1p probability assignments would be asymmetric from the stand point of the person duplicated. Certainly for me he doesn't manage that. All the best Chris. > From: marc...@ulb.ac.be

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-23 Thread chris peck
to show that 3p and 1p probability assignments would be asymmetric from the stand point of the person duplicated. Certainly for me he doesn't manage that. All the best Chris. > From: marc...@ulb.ac.be > To: everything-list@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Bette

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 22 Feb 2014, at 21:09, LizR wrote to Clark (with the "above pap" = the FPI of step 3): The "above pap" is only a small step in an argument (and it only reproduces a result obtained in the MWI, anyway). OK, but the MWI is a "big" thing, relying on another big thing: QM. The FPI assume

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-22 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 22 Feb 2014, at 19:45, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 1:39 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> Did the Helsinki Man see Washington and Moscow? Yes. > In the 3-1 view. Not in the 1-1 view. In who's "1-1 view"? You'll probably say in "The Helsinki Man's", No. The W-man and the M

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-22 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 7:45 PM, John Clark wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 1:39 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > >> Did the Helsinki Man see Washington and Moscow? Yes. >>> >> >> > In the 3-1 view. Not in the 1-1 view. >> > > In who's "1-1 view"? You'll probably say in "The Helsinki Man's", but

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-22 Thread LizR
The "above pap" is only a small step in an argument (and it only reproduces a result obtained in the MWI, anyway). -- 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

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-22 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 1:39 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> Did the Helsinki Man see Washington and Moscow? Yes. >> > > > In the 3-1 view. Not in the 1-1 view. > In who's "1-1 view"? You'll probably say in "The Helsinki Man's", but his view is just of Helsinki. Perhaps you mean the future "1 view"

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 21 Feb 2014, at 19:07, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 Bruno Marchal wrote: > if it is about a prediction on 1p events, the specificity is simple: we have to interview all the copies. Then don't just talk to the Moscow Man and say that is enough to disprove the prediction th

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-21 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 21 February 2014 14:48, chris peck wrote: > Hi Liz > > >>>Suppose for the sake of argument that the matter transmitter sends you to >>> another solar system where you will live out the reminder of your life. >>> Maybe you committed some crime and this is the consequence, to be >>> "transported"

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-21 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2014-02-21 19:07 GMT+01:00 John Clark : > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > if it is about a prediction on 1p events, the specificity is simple: we >> have to interview all the copies. >> > > Then don't just talk to the Moscow Man and say that is enough to disprove > the predictio

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-21 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 Bruno Marchal wrote: > if it is about a prediction on 1p events, the specificity is simple: we > have to interview all the copies. > Then don't just talk to the Moscow Man and say that is enough to disprove the prediction that the Helsinki Man will see Moscow AND Washingto

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-21 Thread LizR
On 21 February 2014 16:48, chris peck wrote: > Hi Liz > > > > *>>Suppose for the sake of argument that the matter transmitter sends you > to another solar system where you will live out the reminder of your life. > Maybe you committed some crime and this is the consequence, to be > "transported"

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-20 Thread Quentin Anciaux
t probabilities, however small, get rounded up > to 1 in MWI scenarios. > > All the best > > Chris. > > > > > > -- > From: marc...@ulb.ac.be > To: everything-list@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Tha

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
All the best Chris. From: chris_peck...@hotmail.com To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 03:48:43 + Hi Liz >>Suppose for the sake of argument that the matter transmitter sends you to another solar syste

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-20 Thread chris peck
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:19:47 +1100 > From: li...@hpcoders.com.au > To: everything-list@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 03:48:43AM +, chris peck wrote: > > > > My probabilities get

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-20 Thread Russell Standish
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 03:48:43AM +, chris peck wrote: > > My probabilities get assigned in the same way. ie: chance of seeing solar > system A is 1. I can't assign a probability of seeing Solar System B if I > don't know about the possibility of accidents. But, > If I know that there is a

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-20 Thread chris peck
will in fact only experience one or the other, I will demand my money back or at least half of it. All the best Chris. From: chris_peck...@hotmail.com To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 03:48:43 +00

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-20 Thread chris peck
I'm sure its an unpopular view but as I see it probabilities, however small, get rounded up to 1 in MWI scenarios. All the best Chris. From: marc...@ulb.ac.be To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 20 Feb 2014, at 16:59, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > I can say today that I am the guy having answered your post of last week. But if duplicating chambers exist then there are lots of people who could say exactly the same thing, so more

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-20 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > I can say today that I am the guy having answered your post of last week. > But if duplicating chambers exist then there are lots of people who could say exactly the same thing, so more specificity is needed. > >> and neither is experien

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
an inability to conduct simple probability sums to convince you that individuals only have a single pov? I do the contrary. By definition of the 1p, it is just obvious that individuals only have a single pov, and this is used to lead to the probabilities. But I don't think that is al

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Feb 2014, at 20:53, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2014-02-19 19:36 GMT+01:00 John Clark : On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > Be consistent reject MWI on the same ground... don't bother adding the argument that you can't meet your doppelganger, So you want me to

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-20 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 19 Feb 2014, at 19:36, John Clark wrote: On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > Be consistent reject MWI on the same ground... don't bother adding the argument that you can't meet your doppelganger, So you want me to defend my case but specifically ask me not to us

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-19 Thread Quentin Anciaux
7;you' and 'you' must stand, which brings us to another point: as Clark > points out, preservation of identity is central to this thought experiment. > > The other point that Clark often makes is that step 3 is worthless, and if > the intention of step 3 is to hammer home

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-19 Thread Quentin Anciaux
n zero from the sum, this identity relation between '*you*', > 'you' and 'you' must stand, which brings us to another point: as Clark > points out, preservation of identity is central to this thought experiment. > > The other point that Clark often makes is that step

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-19 Thread LizR
You are looking at a geiger counter pointing at a radioactive source. On average, it clicks about once every other second. Do you expect to hear it click in the next second? What is wrong with the above question? It seems to me exactly equivalent in probability terms to "do you expect to see Washi

RE: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-19 Thread chris peck
27; must stand, which brings us to another point: as Clark points out, preservation of identity is central to this thought experiment. The other point that Clark often makes is that step 3 is worthless, and if the intention of step 3 is to hammer home that duplicated people would only ever h

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-19 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2014-02-19 19:36 GMT+01:00 John Clark : > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > > Be consistent reject MWI on the same ground... don't bother adding the >> argument that you can't meet your doppelganger, >> > > So you want me to defend my case but specifically ask me not to u

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-19 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > Be consistent reject MWI on the same ground... don't bother adding the > argument that you can't meet your doppelganger, > So you want me to defend my case but specifically ask me not to use logic in doing so. No can do. > or you have to

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 18 Feb 2014, at 19:52, John Clark wrote: On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> if Mr. he is the fellow who is experiencing Helsinki right now then the correct prediction would be Mr. he will see neither Washington NOR Moscow. > Simple calculus show that this pr

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-18 Thread LizR
Yes this appears to be an argument against the MWI. If there is a problem with people being duplicated (I can't see what it is myself) then obviously it applies to the MWI. On 19/02/2014, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > 2014-02-18 19:52 GMT+01:00 John Clark : > >> >> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:33 AM, Bru

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-18 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2014-02-18 19:52 GMT+01:00 John Clark : > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > >> if Mr. he is the fellow who is experiencing Helsinki right now then the >>> correct prediction would be Mr. he will see neither Washington NOR Moscow. >>> >> >> > Simple calculus show that thi

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-18 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> if Mr. he is the fellow who is experiencing Helsinki right now then the >> correct prediction would be Mr. he will see neither Washington NOR Moscow. >> > > > Simple calculus show that this prediction will be refuted by both > copies. > Bu

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-18 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 17 Feb 2014, at 19:49, John Clark wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> >> > what exactly is the question? Be specific and DON'T HIDE BEHIND >>> PRONOUNS WITH NO CLEAR REFERENT. >>> >> >> >The question

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-18 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 17 Feb 2014, at 19:49, John Clark wrote: On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > what exactly is the question? Be specific and DON'T HIDE BEHIND PRONOUNS WITH NO CLEAR REFERENT. >The question is what do you [blah blah] DON'T HIDE BEHIND PRONOUNS WITH NO CLEAR REFER

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-17 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > what exactly is the question? Be specific and DON'T HIDE BEHIND >> PRONOUNS WITH NO CLEAR REFERENT. >> > > >The question is what do you [blah blah] > DON'T HIDE BEHIND PRONOUNS WITH NO CLEAR REFERENT. > You = the unique 1p owner of y

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 16 Feb 2014, at 17:46, John Clark wrote: On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 , Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> A typical observation will be "the diary of the guy in W assess that he is in W, and (perhaps) that he could not have predicted that, >> That is incorrect, the Helsinki Man could have successfully

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-16 Thread John Clark
On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 , Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> A typical observation will be "the diary of the guy in W assess that >>> he is in W, and (perhaps) that he could not have predicted that, >> >> >> > >> That is incorrect, the Helsinki Man could have successfully predicted >> that the Washington di

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-16 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 15 Feb 2014, at 19:30, John Clark wrote: On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > The 3-1 view is the 3p view on the 1p views, note the plural, after the duplication. That is far more convoluted than it need to be, it's really not all that complicated. After the dup

Re: 3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-15 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > The 3-1 view is the 3p view on the 1p views, note the plural, after the > duplication. > That is far more convoluted than it need to be, it's really not all that complicated. After the duplication both the Washington Man and the Moscow

3-1 views (was: Re: Better Than the Chinese Room)

2014-02-12 Thread Bruno Marchal
John, I add a comment to my preview post. On 11 Feb 2014, at 19:47, John Clark wrote: Then "the 1p" is of no use to anyone and neither is "the 3-1 view" whatever the hell that is supposed to be. It is a bit unfair, as I introduced that "3-1" notation exactly to reply to your first attempt