Hi, Charles Goodwin sent this very interesting information on the FOR- list, which shows that Fred Hoyle did foreseen Quantum Suicide in 1964:
<< http://www.secamlocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/mrwatkin/hoyle.htm - especially the last bit, where we get Hoyle's description of what is effectively a quantum suicide experiment, published in 1964! >> Actually I think that Fred Hoyle is close to the comp or arithmetical immortality, by its pigeon holes analogy, except for its use of the consciousness spot which is not needed: each comp states defines its own spot relatively to the (infinitely many) universal machines or numbers. The text by Fred Hoyle is quite amazing. Those who have still in mind the last conversation we had on the everything list in the thread "Personal identity and ethics" can see that Fred Hoyle, when talking on "the same consciousness" for all sequence of pigeon holes, is close to the two shapes of immortality consistent with the computationalist hypothesis: the one with amnesia, the one without. 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
