> > > > While we're on this topic, I'd like a little clarification on something. > > All of this discussion is assuming that only worlds branching off of our > > world are possible. But from a 3rd-person perspective, aren't they ALL > > possible, but some just not possible for us (from a 1st-person perspective)? > > Looking at it from a 3rd-person point of view, the decision not to commit > > quantum suicide because you'd leave loved ones behind doesn't hold anymore. > > Sure, you'd leave loved ones behind, but if you decided not to do it, there > > would still be another world where you decided to do it, and left loved ones > > behind. So it makes no difference either way. > > > > You brought this up before. I didn't quite understand earlier, but now it > seemsclearer in this context. If you have two logically incompatible worlds, > you can't hold both to be true, from a 1st person perspective. From a 3rd person > perspective, S and ~S are both true; everything would be true. So this > perspective > is not helpful for decisions (which are 1st person actions anyway). > > Fred
This is an intriguing thought - that the 3rd person perspective must necessarily be inconsistent, an only 1st person perspectives are consistent. > > > > > > > > - - - - - - - > > > > Jacques Mallah ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > Graduate Student / Many Worlder / Devil's Advocate > > > > "I know what no one else knows" - 'Runaway Train', Soul Asylum > > > > My URL: http://pages.nyu.edu/~jqm1584/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Dr. Russell Standish Director > > >High Performance Computing Support Unit, > > >University of NSW Phone 9385 6967 > > >Sydney 2052 Fax 9385 6965 > > >Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Room 2075, Red Centre http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Russell Standish Director High Performance Computing Support Unit, University of NSW Phone 9385 6967 Sydney 2052 Fax 9385 6965 Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Room 2075, Red Centre http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
