On 28 October 2014 22:52, Richard Ruquist <yann...@gmail.com> wrote: > Liz, > > I define consciousness as my ability to make choices. >
That is an unusual definition, and not one I think most people would agree with, although they'd probably agree it's *involved* in consciousness. But yes, using that definition the MWI makes consciousness an illusion. (Most people call the ability to make choices free will. That is an illusion under the MWI, and indeed most theories of physics.) > Bruno responds with the Gaussian (somewhat like measure theory) > which suggests that some worlds are less important than this one. > I don't know about Bruno but David Deutsch appears to think that some decisions will have a much higher measure in the multiverse than others. So, say, 99.99% of me (so to speak) will have coffee and only 0.01% will decide on a whim to have a milkshake. (And 0.0000000000001% will think so hard about it that they spontaneously combust.) -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
