On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM Quentin Anciaux <allco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Brent, > > Consider a simple computational analogy: if consciousness is a program, > running multiple instances of it doesn’t create different "people"—it just > creates more instances of the same subjective experience. > > Now, imagine we take a program that simulates an observer. We run it 9 > times on computers that display "1" on the screen and once on a computer > that displays "0". Each instance of the program experiences seeing either > "1" or "0", but the overwhelming majority experience "1". > > This mirrors how observer instances distribute in MWI: more instances > exist in high-amplitude branches. The program has no way to distinguish > whether it's in a "common" or "rare" instance, but if you were to randomly > select an instance, it would most likely be one that sees "1". > > This is the key distinction: probability in MWI doesn’t come from counting > branches; it comes from the relative number of observer instances in each. > The Born rule follows naturally if amplitude determines observer > frequency—just as in the example, where the majority of observer instances > see "1" despite both outcomes occurring. > Prove that the amplitude determines observer frequency - the evidence is all against you. It is clear that the Schrodinger equation does not act on amplitudes. Decoherence does increase the number of copies of an observer on a particular branch (or, better, related branches). But that just demonstrates that your "preponderance of observers" is no more than simp[le branch counting. 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLQszdaHgOEChjWkpWASBvyXGGnC433%2Bx9SXmOBo7y9wpg%40mail.gmail.com.
