ISTM that this "you are everyone" aspect is the definition of that it is like to be at the substitution level.
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 9:35 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On 5/11/2013 12:27 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> > >> > I used to participate in the mailing list years ago and this was a >> > recurring theme -- quantum suicide. There was some anecdote that some >> > guy actually tried it but fell in love minutes before going through >> > with it, and that stopped him. I think Russell mentions this in his >> > book. >> > >> > One of the problems is that the execution mechanism must have a >> > failure rate lower than 1 in 80 million. This is no small engineering >> > feat when it comes to reliably killing a human -- you may end up like >> > a non-lottery winning vegetable in some of the universes. >> > >> > >> > The more general objection is that even if it works you've lowered you >> > measure in the universe. Whether you-now should care about all of >> you-then >> > is then the question. In general you do care about you future self(s), >> but >> > maybe you're willing to make a trade-off if you're a high-risk gambler >> type. >> >> There is also the possibility that the meta-me that gets to experience >> all my possible 1ps also gets to experience everyone else's. In this >> model there is a gigantic bag of 1p observer moments and all are >> conscious. Then it becomes more rational to be nice to other people >> than to win the lottery. >> > > > I agree with this. Consider why you were born as you: > > If your mom ate something different while pregnant with you, such that you > developed with different atoms, does that mean someone else would have been > born in your place and you wouldn't be conscious? Or if one unexpressed > gene was different, would it be someone other than you looking through > those eyes? What if one gene were different, but it was of little > consequence, or what if multiple genes were different, etc. How much of > the circumstances would have to change for you to never have been born? If > you admit that different matter or different genes would not make it such > that you were never born, then are you not all your siblings as well? And > what of those born to other mothers? > > There is no physical fact that explains why you experience your > perspective and not someone else's. Think: If it were possible to swap > perspectives with someone, there would be no physical difference. So no > physical fact accounts for why you are one particular person and not > another. Why should we believe it then? Statistically speaking, it is > incredibly unlikely that someone with the exact matter and genes as you > have would ever be born. This makes it overwhelmingly more likely that you > are in fact everyone. > > Jason > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/K7E-Vfwj4QU/unsubscribe?hl=en > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
