On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Nick Prince <nickmag.pri...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Stathis wrote > > >> That we don't see extremely old people is consistent with QTI, since >> from the third person perspective rare events such as living to a >> great age happen only rarely. However, from the first person >> perspective you will live to a great age, and this will happen in the >> most probable way, even if it is improbable in absolute (third person) >> terms. >> Stathis Papaioannou- > > Hi Stathis > > I am wondering how this might work out in practice. In particular, if > I find myself more and more in worlds where I am older, would I expect > to see others older and as old as me? If ageing happens in the most > probable way then would this not mean that I would expect to see this > as a first person plural experience because I would feel it improbable > if I were the only 500 year person around?
The most probable way I can think of is that as you get older, medical science advances and everyone lives longer, then eventually mind uploading becomes available. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@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.
