This may very possibly be an idea that has already been discussed (I am
very new to this topic, so I'm still exploring the landscape of ideas), but
it has been on my mind recently.
If you subscribe to the theories of MWI/UDA, then the idea of quantum
immortality/suicide follows (an observer only perceives universes where it
continues to exist, so from its perspective it exists forever). From this,
it follows that an observer can "program" the universe into any possible
state with the following process:
- Choose a condition for the universe (e.g. "It will start raining at my
location within 10 seconds.")
- Evaluate whether you are in a universe where the condition is true ("10
seconds have passed. Has it started raining?")
- If the condition is false, stop existing (in a human context, suicide :/).
- If the process was followed correctly (the condition was evaluated
accurately) the observer should only exist in universes with the chosen
state
This relies on the assumption that there is a possible universe where the
condition is true, and that the condition can be effectively evaluated.
I'm not yet sure about what to think about conditions about past events.
What happens if the chosen condition was "It started raining less than an
hour ago."? This would possibly work as expected if you don't evaluate the
condition until after you chose it (you were in a soundproof, windowless
room for the last hour, so you didn't know it started raining until after
you decided on the condition).
Any thoughts? Or relevant material I should know about? Also, let me know
if there's some huge flaw in my thinking.
I'm looking forward to learning from you all and trying to participate in
the discussion.
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