On 25-Dec-01, Saibal Mitra wrote: > > Charles Goodwin wrote: > >> Or are you claiming that repeated quantum suicide attempts increase the > chances >> that you are a computer simulation? > Yes that is what I claim. > > That would only occur if there was some sort >> of cul-de-sac (assuming you *start* from a physical instantiation, at > least). If >> you are physically instantiated at some point in time, all physical >> instantiations must end in a cul-de-sac before you can 'travel' to a > universe in >> which you are a computer simulation. > > Why? If your brain were replaced by a digital one, you would still be the > same person. If I made a digital version of you and let the biological > version of you live on, then there would be a 50% chance you would end up as > the digital person.
I'm not sure what to make of such statements. It seems to me there's a 100% chance Charles would end up as both. Are you positing a supernatural soul that's *really* Charles and can only be in one of the two physical 'brains'? Brent Meeker
