On 8 March 2014 18:16, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/7/2014 8:26 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 8 March 2014 08:14, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 3/7/2014 1:24 AM, LizR wrote: >> >> On 7 March 2014 18:29, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 3/6/2014 9:15 PM, Jason Resch wrote: >>> >>> A related question is, is there any such thing as true randomness at >>> all? Or is every case of true randomness an instance of FPI? >>> >>> >>> *Or is FPI just a convoluted way to pretend there isn't true randomness? >>> * >>> >> If one assumes QM and the MWI are correct then it isn't pretending, >> >> True; but I don't assume that. >> >> > Since your original statement above only makes sense in some context - > which you haven't revealed, as far as I can tell - perhaps you could tell > us what you *are* assuming? > > > I'm not assuming anything, I'm just pointing out that one could assume > something different than QM and MWI. For instance, start with MWI but then > suppose that at each "branching" only one instance of you continues. > Doesn't that accord with all experience? > > You said "*Or is FPI just a convoluted way to pretend there isn't true randomness?" - I don't understand what you mean by that, except given some particular assumptions.*
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