On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 1:51 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Terren Suydam <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Then we agree that expectations are important, since the wrong ones can >> kill us. >> > > > Forget important, expectations are not even meaningful in thought > experiments involving people duplicating machines if > > it is not clearly stated what is being expected. > You're arguing against things I haven't said. To be frank, I tuned out of the John Clark/Bruno Marchal wars sometime last year... after a few dozen times around that carousel I wanted off. So don't assume I'm going to say something Bruno is saying. I do expect (ahem) to be able to clearly state was is being expected in the thought experiment, without requiring personal pronouns. But before we continue, I need to be sure we agree that from your first-person perspective, when it comes to making decisions based on some future state, you only have the contents of your mind to work with. Your mental model, your worldview, pick whatever language you like, it's what gives you a sense of what to expect, and therefore the only basis one has for placing bets. Do you disagree? Terren -- 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.
