On 12 Feb 2009, at 14:30, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> > 2009/2/12 Johnathan Corgan <jcor...@aeinet.com>: > >> It is an open question (to me at least) whether there are any >> observer >> moments without successors, i.e., where the amplitude of the SW >> goes to >> zero. If it does not, then this implies that the always branching >> tree >> of observer moments has no leaf nodes--rather, it becomes an ever >> finer >> filigree of lines, but any particular point will always have a >> downstream set of forks. This is the essence of the no cul-de-sac >> conjecture, and the crux of the quantum theory of immortality. > > Does MWI suggest that everything that can occur does occur? The > following article suggests not: > > http://scienceblogs.com/pontiff/2008/11/everything_and_nothing.php OK. Even in MWI, proving that 0 = 1 remains plausibly impossible. Of course believing that someone did proved that 0 = 1 remains quite possible. > > > I guess it is still possible that the no cul-de-sac conjecture is > correct even though some ways of avoiding death are impossible. Just try avoid death by squaring a circle :) Bruno http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-l...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
