On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 1:51 AM spudboy100 via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
* >Yeah, Frank Tipler proposed this more seriously,* > In his book The Science Of Immortality Tipler made it clear he didn't think Eternal Return, even if it existed, was any sort of immortality. He said that if you're in the same state of mind then subjectively doing the same thing an infinite number of times is indistinguishable from doing it only once. Tipler thought that true immortality would require a universe capable of producing a infinite (and not just astronomically large) number of calculations. And I think Tiplrt was right about that although method he proposed for the universe to do that involved the Big Crunch which we now know will not happen. But maybe the Big Rip is compatible with infinite calculations. > > *Many trans-humanists hate this proposal because, hey, no continuity.* > Although the external world may jump around discontinuously subjectively consciousness is always continuous. And when it comes to consciousness subjectivity is all that counts. 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1MBO55NePR58qDZFbJhC91S%3DqOY3ZidseH%2BZFJcGof6A%40mail.gmail.com.
