Bruno Marchal wrote:
> >> *What ONE thing will the ONE rat see in the future after the ONE rat >> becomes 1024 rats?* That can't be answered and it's not because the >> answer is unknown , its because the answer does not exist and never will. > > > Of course the answer exist. It is "one of the 1024 experiences" Then for gods sake tell us specifically which ONE of the 1024 experiences is the referent of the personal pronoun used in the "question"! If you do that then and only then can we tell if the prediction turned out to be correct or not. It is the same as the iteration of throwing a coin. No it is not. With the coin if we say the probability is 50% it will be heads we don't predict the coin will land in some ghostly headstails state, we mean a prediction of heads will be correct approximately half the time, and very importantly it also means that after the coin is flipped we can determine if the heads prediction was correct of not. But there is no way for ANYONE to EVER know if the prediction "I will see Moscow" was correct or not. There is only one thing we can be absolutely certain of is that NOBODY will see 50% of Moscow. > What do you expect when you push the button? Why do you care what anybody expects? What will happen is a tad more important than what somebody thinks is going to happen. People expect all sorts of things and very often their expectations are wrong. And what the hell does the accuracy or inaccuracy of predictions have to do with the continuous feeling of self anyway? 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
