On 16 April 2015 at 12:53, Bruce Kellett <bhkell...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> LizR wrote: > >> On 15 April 2015 at 10:15, John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com <mailto: >> johnkcl...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Yes but I'm confused, I though you were the one arguing that Bruno >> had discovered something new under the sun, a new sort of >> uncertainty >> That's hardly what Bruno is claiming. Step 3 is only a small step in a >> logical argument. It shows that if our normal everyday consciousness is the >> result of computation, then it can be duplicated (in principle - if you >> have a problem with matter duplicators, consider an AI programme) and that >> this leads to what looks like uncertainty from one person's perspective. >> > > You only get that impression because in Bruno's treatment of the case -- > the two copies are immediately separated by a large distance and don't > further interact. You might come to a different conclusion if you let the > copies sit down together and have a chat. > That doesn't make any difference to the argument. "Will I be the copy sitting in the chair on the left?" is less dramatic than "Will I be transported to Moscow or Washington?" and hence, I suspect, might not make the point so clearly. But otherwise the argument goes through either way. > > Separating them geographically was meant to mimic the different worlds > idea from MWI. But I think that is a bit of a cheat. > > I don't know where Bruno says he's mimicking the MWI (at this stage) ? This is a classical result, assuming classical computation (which according to Max Tegmark is a reasonable assumption for brains). -- 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.
