I have no idea how you could combine them unless some form of quantum erasure took place perhaps.
PS Isn't this like David Deutsch's "quantum AI" test of the MWI? On 24 March 2015 at 16:28, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/23/2015 7:51 PM, John Clark wrote: > > If you really want it to be like the MWI explanation of the 2 slit > experiment (the one when the photons end up hitting a photographic plate > rater than continue into infinite space) then you'd have to modify Bruno's > thought experiment experiment a bit. > > The Helsinki Man steps into the machine and a copy ends up in Moscow and > another is sent to Washington, the Helsinki Man is then instantly > destroyed. The 2 men spend a hour investigating their cities and then they > both step into a slightly different type of duplicating machine and are > instantly destroyed but not before it makes a SINGLE copy and transports it > back to Helsinki. This new Helsinki Man is identical to the old one except > that he has vivid memories of being in both Moscow and Washington during > the previous hour. > > > Quite aside from Bruno's meta-physics, that's probably impossible. The > physical instantiation of human memory will probably allow memories of > being Washington at a certain time and also memories of being in Moscow at > that same time. But I think Dennett's competing module model is close > enough to being true that the reconstituted Helsinki-man would not be able > to recall contrary memories. He will either suppress some or confabulate > the time order to make them consistent. > > Brent > > If you then asked him if he ended up going to Washington or Moscow the > only answer he could give is both. > > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
