Was expecting you, Brent, to remind Telmo of an SF story you've recommended in past, that disarmingly unrolls increasing subjective weirdness from MWI immortality.
Divided by Infinity Robert Charles Wilson 1998 http://www.tor.com/2010/08/05/divided-by-infinity/ > On Dec 27, 2016, at 13:34 , Brent Meeker <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Although your evolution may be statistically improbable, mostly at the > biochemical level, there's no reason that the rest of the world should show > any statistical strangeness. After all, your present existence is also > extremely improbable. > > Brent > > > On 12/27/2016 3:03 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> I take a break from the god-wars to propose an idea that I have been >> thinking about. This is probably both silly and unoriginal, but here >> it goes... >> >> If we assume the MWI, isn't it the case that we should expect the >> world to become weirder as we get older? My reasoning is simple: the >> older you are, the lower your measure, the more specific events have >> to "conspire" to keep you alive. As this specificity accumulates, it >> increasingly bias the possible worlds. >> >> One could even use a chart like the one below to predict where "the >> weirdening" would accelerate. Of course this is not something that can >> be directly measured, but still fun to think about. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_table#/media/File:Data_from_National_Vital_Statistics_Report_tPx.png >> >> Do you guys think this idea has any merit? >> >> Regarding the season, my wishes for you all: live long and prosper! >> Telmo. >> > > -- > 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 https://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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
