[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Chris, this is a scary story.... It points to the fact that there is a need > for a MW ethics. I also independently discovered QT immortality several years > ago.
Yes, I think I've found a new ethics, which I alluded to in the end when I said that I care about my wife too much to leave her grieving. I do believe that it's worthwhile to suffer some slings and arrows in order to try to make the measure of good worlds larger. I really liked the stuff at the end of your post below about the future being almost certainly a good one. I'm not sure I believe that though. Whenever I think about it, an old Harlan Ellision SF story comes to mind, "I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream", in which a person lives forever as the personal object of torment of a huge, bored computer. If I had to hazard a guess, though, I'd say that it is very likely, perhaps even certain, that our immortal future will be a "good" one, for each of us. It's also interesting that both you and Hal thought of looking for other QS that may have already taken place. I hadn't thought of that. But I think that Hal's right - that if a note was left explaining it, it might not even make that papers, since most people would probably be profoundly perplexed by the idea. > > Hal finney writes > > << I wonder if any suicides have ever > been discovered where there was a note or other evidence that they were > attempting quantum suicide? >> > > I know that Arthur Koestler the author of "The Roots of Coincidence" > committed suicide. I quickly scanned his book to look for a hint of MW but > could not find any. > > Everett too died at a young age... but I don't know the circumstances of his > death. > > Even though I am not religious I found a way to eliminate QS from > consideration. It is most beautifully stated in the psalm of David: ".... > even though I walk in the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no > evil...." The MW is truly the valley of of the shadow of death: we die a > billion deaths every nanoseconds, yet we can only be aware of surviving.... > QS is only a drop in the bucket...There is no need to commit suicide..... > > I will fear no evil... The future, the only future that we can perceive is a > good future and if things may appear to take a turn for the worse, it is only > temporary, things will get better.... Enjoy life... it is like a > dream...nothing can hurt you... it is also like a game.... It is most > enjoyable if you play by the rules...."My cup runneth over, Surely goodness > and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life..." Live to the full and > enjoy for the future is assured. > > George Levy -- Chris Maloney http://www.chrismaloney.com "Knowledge is good" -- Emil Faber
