Brent, can you please ask professor Moravec, if he has changed any of his views from the books of his, "Mind Children," and "Robot," regarding consciousness, and human "re-construction? (My weasel-word for it).
Thanks- -----Original Message----- From: Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> To: everything-list <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Dec 27, 2016 6:56 pm Subject: Re: The Weirdening Nice, thanks Hans (and Brent)! On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 8:42 PM, Hans Moravec <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
