Daughter: Mommy, mommy! Why wasn't I born beautiful and lucky like Kim Kardashian?
Mother: Because you were born ugly my dear; you see she didn't become Kim Kardashian and then get born beautiful, she was born beautiful and so became Kim Kardashian. And do not underestimate the power of freewill, gibberish can have a powerful effect on the weak minded, just look at religion. Daughter: But how does it work Mother: You are in a particular branch of the multiverse and the computations which support you cannot be predicted. I'm afraid you are where you are until you die. Daughter: Mommy likes pronouns with no clear referent. Mother: Of course I do my dear, philosophy would be lost without such words. Daughter: So if I die It seems I might go on as Kim Kardashian? Mother: No my love because you don't remember being Kim Kardashian Daughter: so why, oh why am I not her right now??? Mother: That's the First Person Indeterminacy, my dear. Daughter: The what??? Mother: The FPI, it's a pretentious way of saying that nobody knows what they will see or do next, and just like philosophers I love being pretentious. Everyone, even infants, understand it but some people pretend it's something new and profound and for that reason some people hate it for being so mundane 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/d/optout.
