On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:49 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
> Then you can't say that you will survive anything. We die at each instant > OK, but then you can't say that survival is important, or that the word means much of anything at all. > and comp is made trivial, > 'Comp" is not trivial, "comp" is a gibberish word made up by you that is almost as meaningless as "free will". >> you can only trace identity from the past to the present. A feeling of >> self has nothing to do with predictions, > > > > That's the point. > If that's the point then why do you keep emphasizing what the various copies will predict about their future and how accurate those predictions turn out to be? > >> If tomorrow somebody remembers being Telmo Menezes today then Telmo >> Menezes has a future, if not then Telmo Menezes has no future, and Quantum >> Mechanics or a understanding of Everett's Many Worlds is not needed for any >> of it. Period. However in a completely different unrelated matter, if you >> want to assign a probability that tomorrow a observer that can be >> interviewed by a third party will observe a electron move left or right >> then Quantum Mechanics will be needed. And some (including me) feel that >> Everett's interpretation is a convenient way to think about it, although >> there are other ways. >> > > > Not in comp > Perhaps not but I honestly don't give a damn about "comp". 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.
