2013/12/6 Richard Ruquist <[email protected]> > On 05 Dec 2013, at 21:56, Richard Ruquist wrote: > > Well John not you nor I are believers in QI > but there seem to be plenty on this list. > > > Bruno: Can you refute comp-I? > > I can't, even without the step 8. > > Richard: I do not have to since it is a matter of belief. > I do not believe that universes split or that quantum immortality is an > option. > That's why I say QI is a religion. >
QI is an hypothesis, that could be false... it's not a religion. I see lot of people would like to conflate hypothesis with dogma and religion with science... but it's rethorical. Quentin > Of course I also say science can be a religion, > my religion. > > > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 4:03 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 05 Dec 2013, at 21:56, Richard Ruquist wrote: >> >> Well John not you nor I are believers in QI >> but there seem to be plenty on this list. >> >> >> Can you refute comp-I? >> >> I can't, even without the step 8. >> >> Bruno >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:51 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Richard Ruquist <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>> > Who can tell me that quantum immortality is not religion. >>>> >>> >>> I can. The defining characteristic of religious people is being seldom >>> correct but always certain, and so quantum immortality is not a religion >>> because I'm far from certain, I don't know that it's true and I don't know >>> that it's untrue. Technically I'd have to say the same about the existence >>> of God, but the probability that the Christian or Muslim God exists is, >>> although nonzero, too low to worry about. I would guess that the >>> probability quantum immortality exists is low, although vastly greater than >>> the probability of God's existence. I don't know what the probability that >>> my probability estimate is correct, probably pretty low. >>> >>> John K Clark >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. (Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer) -- 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.
