> On 4 Dec 2018, at 03:24, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 at 12:47, Mason Green <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Here’s a recent editorial I found in the magazine arguing against Many-Worlds > on the grounds that it denies the reality of experience or the self. > (https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-the-many-worlds-interpretation-of-quantum-mechanics-has-many-problems-20181018/ > > <https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-the-many-worlds-interpretation-of-quantum-mechanics-has-many-problems-20181018/>) > > Well, if we don’t want many-worlds or subjectivism, than the only other > option looks like it’d be to modify QM itself. Some form of digital physics > might work, otherwise we could have objective collapse (either random, or > else there’s something/someone outside the universe choosing which path the > universe follows). > > That article just claims, without explanation, that it would be impossible to > have consciousness if you were continually being duplicated. I don't think > you should accept this without further thought.
This assumes non-mechanism, which is indeed not much convincing at least as an hypothesis, unless they give a precise theory and how to test it. Bruno > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <x-msg://155/#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list > <https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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.
