Brent Meeker wrote: > > >chris peck wrote: > > I have a question for people here who know the issues better than me: > > > > I was having an argument about alleged Quantum Immortality/Quantum >suicide > > with some people who argue that because the 2nd law of thermodynamics > > continues regardless in each universe a 'me' continues within, I should > > ultimately age away, therefore Quantum immortality is a lost cause in > > principle. > > > > Any counter arguements or agreements with this would be appreciated. > > > > chris. > >The 2nd law is a statistical result - it only means that you will age away >in almost all universes. > >Brent Meeker
Even that seems too pessimistic to me--like I said in my post, the 2nd law allows for systems to maintain low entropy indefinitely if they are non-isolated, and they have some external low-entropy "food" to use. So unless it's inevitable that the universe goes to heat death after some finite time (as opposed to increasing forever without hitting a maximum, or collapsing in a Big Crunch), you don't necessarily even need a "thermodynamic miracle" to live forever. Jesse _________________________________________________________________ Don’t miss your chance to WIN 10 hours of private jet travel from Microsoft® Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0540002499mrt/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
