Hi Stathis, >> It is at least conceivable that the collection of particles that is me >> could undergo some environmental interaction such that *all* the >> following entangled branches decohere into states that do *not* map to >> the emergent class of "me, being conscious." Then I would be dead. > > It seems possible, but in that case the QTI would be wrong. Also, it > isn't clear that the MWI says that everything that can happen, does > happen, even though that is how it is sometimes characterised.
Indeed, that is what Jonathan (I guess) and I (definitely) have been arguing. In fact, I am quite sure that MWI in it's current form implies that not everything (a priori physically plausible) happens - interference of histories is (I think) showing us that. With COMP it is not so clear. Best Wishes, Günther --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
