On 26 June 2014 05:29, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > So in effect the non-cloning theorem prevents saying "yes" to the doctor > if you insist on there being no discontinuity in your consciousness. The > Moscow man and the Washington man will be in different quantum states even > before they step out of the teleporter and see what city they are in. Of > course in practice we're not particularly concerned with small gaps in > consciousness. None of this implies some undiscovered physics. >
This is exactly why I try to think of the comp stuff within the MWI, rather than a "classical teleportation scenario". According to theory the MWI gives us a form of duplication which operates at either the substitution level or below it. (Not that this helps me understand some of the later steps...) -- 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/d/optout.
