Hi Brent >> Mainly because it makes "I" ambiguous. One answer would be the probability >> of me being in Moscow is zero and the probability of me being in Washington >> is zero, because I am going to be destroyed.
Another answer would be the probability of me being in Moscow is one and the probability of me being in Washington is one, because there are going to be two of me. Yeah, I can see those sets of probabilities too. And it occurs to me that there is no 1-p indeterminacy in either 0 or 1. >>What's "illicit" is the implication forced by language that "I" and "me" are >>necessarily singular. If you were the Borg, you would answer the probability >>that we will be in Moscow is one and the probability we will be in Washington >>is one. Fine, but again, where is the 1-p indeterminacy in a probability of 1? In anycase, if I assume comp and the survivability of 'I' in comp, then I feel I ought to be committed to the version where the probability is 1 because there are two of me. In effect that has been the thrust of my complaint. All the best Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:47:54 +1200 Subject: Re: What gives philosophers a bad name? From: [email protected] To: [email protected] On 27 September 2013 13:03, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: On 9/26/2013 6:05 PM, Russell Standish wrote: This is a sort of cul de sac experience, which has to be impossible to create if QTI is true. The existence of a universal dovetailer entails the lack of all cul de sac experiences (Comp immortality). So does it make loss of consciousness impossible? ....under anesthesia?...forever? Surely not, because from a first person perspective one just goes to sleep and wakes up again (or experiences dreams). "No cul de sac" implies there's no way to stop consciousness permanently. -- 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. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
