On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Sure, but saying “some things happen and others don’t” is just labeling an > outcome, not explaining why probability follows the Born rule. If you take > that as fundamental, fine, but that’s just postulating rather than deriving > it. > > MWI doesn’t deny probability; it just reframes the question. The challenge > isn’t that “everything happens,” it’s understanding why observers > experience frequencies matching the Born rule. That’s what self-locating > uncertainty and measure attempts to address. > Self-locating uncertainty is just the question "Why am I on this branch and not the other". I don't see that that question is any different from the characterization of probability as "some things happen and others don't". Self-locating uncertainty is just "Some branches matter to me and others don't". No different. Bruce -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLR7UxszpQX4PyKW-WfQ71KwXuF2SEGoJhOr70%2BczbWezA%40mail.gmail.com.
