On Apr 2, 12:08 pm, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Nick Prince > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok Stathis thanks for that but what about the consciousness of the > > viking living in 200 AD. The NCDSC will require some pretty unusual > > branches to accomodate his survival. I've read some of your posts > > before about personal identity and much of it makes a lot of sense. > > I've thought about the possibility of mind uploads , even for my > > viking friend but this would require the generation of huge numbers of > > variants to ensure there was one which could provide a consistent > > extension for him. Indeed it would mean every possible viking would > > have to be generated from DNA possibilities alone as well as with > > different memories. It's a bit of a tall order but not implausible. > > It also means that many completely NEW vikings will be generated who > > never existed in the past but think they did! > > You would survive in the most probable way given your circumstances, > but it's not difficult to think of a means of survival for any > possible situation. For example, if you are a viking it transpires > that you are living in a simulation and the programmers magically save > you. None of this is problematic if every possibility actually happens > somewhere in the multiverse. Also note that it does not have to be > your actual matter that continues in some form. It just has to be > another entity somewhere in the multiverse with a mind that is a > consistent extension of your mind at the moment of your demise. > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou
Hi Stathis Thanks for helpfulful replies. You say that none of this is problematic if every possibility actually happens. I'm wondering if you are thinking of Tegmarks levels 1-4 universes. By this I mean do you think there no limits to what is possible or that logically impossible things happen like having a square circle or something. When people on the list talk of the plenitude or multiverse I wonder if some think the laws of physics are different or whether it is just the " physical constants". I accept that most will think that level 1 is quite rich for many possiblities, but not every possibility. I would think that Logical possibility is a limit except logical would have to mean arithmetical truth as Bruno speaks of. Logical - as in "common sense" can often be far from common. Best wishes Nick -- 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.
