On Wednesday, June 17, 2015, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2015, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > > The many worlds as an ensemble are determinate, but which world you will >> end up in is not. >> > > Forget "you", which world ANYTHING ends up in is not deterministic. To be > deterministic branch X and everything in it, conscious or not, must always > move into branch Y and only branch Y, but in many worlds branch X could > evolve into branch Y AND branch Z; not only that but branch A could also > evolve into branch Y just like branch X even though it is different from > branch X. Conscious beings are no different from non-conscious things in > that respect, they move from branch to branch in the same way. > > >> > Subjectively (from the 1p perspective) >> > > There is no such thing as "the 1p perspective", there is only "a 1p > perspective". One perspective is as legitimate as another. > > >> > you end up in one world, while objectively (from the 3p perspective) >> you end up in all. >> > > We're talking about multiple (probably infinite) copying and branching, so > who the hell is "you"? > "You" are the person reading this sentence, even though it is addressed to multiple individuals on the list. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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.
