Re: Amnesia, dissociation and personal identity (was: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation)

2011-11-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Nov 2011, at 23:08, John Mikes wrote: To Qentin: DEATH an excellent vaiation for immoprtality. I always emphasize that ETERNITY is NOT a time indicator, can most likely be timeless (POOF it is over). To Bruno: we wrote already about your 2c question WHO ARE WE? and you answered

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Nov 2011, at 20:56, benjayk wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: I would rather call this consciousness. Indeed I agree with Dan that it is quite accurate to say that there is no person in the sense that experience is not personal, it doesn't belong to anyone (but it is very intimate with

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-09 Thread benjayk
. It might be a very long and rough ride until they realize it, but it really is nothing compared to the reward of finally being free (and recognizing it). benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation-tp32721336p32813776.html Sent from

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-08 Thread benjayk
, but it is still there, even if some materialist tend to deny that (which shows how far we are removed from ourselves and reality, we actually ignore that which is undoubtably and obviously true). benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-08 Thread benjayk
as something that can be assigned to people and time, we can say that, relatively speaking, I lacked consciousness at a certain time, because there was no content of consciousness that corresponded to that person at that time. benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-08 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Nov 2011, at 21:02, benjayk wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: But if you realize that there has never been a person to begin with, But this contradicts immediately my present consciousness feeling. I am currently in the state of wanting to drink water, so I am pretty sure that there

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-08 Thread benjayk
fear becomes just a tool to sense whether there is an actually imminent danger, not something that is constantly (whether obviously or subtly) determining the way we live our lifes. benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-07 Thread benjayk
being conscious and not feeling to be a seperate individual (an I). In science, we never have found any such thing as an I. benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation-tp32721336p32788734.html Sent from the Everything List mailing list

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-07 Thread benjayk
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Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-07 Thread meekerdb
On 11/7/2011 9:50 AM, benjayk wrote: meekerdb wrote: How great was that? I don't know. Being a fetus might be a peaceful experience, or like sleep. But the point is that it doesn't matter how great the experience was, So what's your evidence that there is *any* experience of being a

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-07 Thread benjayk
in general. benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation-tp32721336p32788744.html Sent from the Everything List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-07 Thread meekerdb
On 11/7/2011 12:02 PM, benjayk wrote: I think we only fear the elimination of personhood because we confuse being conscious as an ego with being conscious. We somehow think that if we in the state of feeling to be a seperate individual cease to exist, we as conscious beings cease to exist, which

Re: Amnesia, dissociation and personal identity (was: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation)

2011-11-07 Thread John Mikes
To Qentin: DEATH an excellent vaiation for immoprtality. I always emphasize that ETERNITY is NOT a time indicator, can most likely be timeless (POOF it is over). To Bruno: we wrote already about your 2c question WHO ARE WE? and you answered something like Gods. That may be a cheap shot, but

Amnesia, dissociation and personal identity (was: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation)

2011-11-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
Quentin, On 30 Oct 2011, at 23:51, Quentin Anciaux wrote: benjayk: On the other hand, I don't see why we would ignore immortality of consciousness, considering that the I is just a psychosocial construct/illusion anyway. We don't find an actual I anywhere. It seems very relevant to know

Re: Amnesia, dissociation and personal identity (was: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation)

2011-11-06 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2011/11/6 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be Quentin, On 30 Oct 2011, at 23:51, Quentin Anciaux wrote: benjayk: On the other hand, I don't see why we would ignore immortality of consciousness, considering that the I is just a psychosocial construct/illusion anyway. We don't find an actual I

Re: Amnesia, dissociation and personal identity (was: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation)

2011-11-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 06 Nov 2011, at 12:29, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2011/11/6 Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be Quentin, On 30 Oct 2011, at 23:51, Quentin Anciaux wrote: benjayk: On the other hand, I don't see why we would ignore immortality of consciousness, considering that the I is just a psychosocial

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-04 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Dan, On 03 Nov 2011, at 03:08, freqflyer07281972 wrote: Hey there, I don't often post on this board, but I follow it quite frequently, and perhaps I might inject a 'fresh voice' to rescue this thread of a cul-de-sac of its own. It's essentially buddhist in nature rather than mathematical

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-03 Thread benjayk
ourselves is true to what we really are. benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation-tp32721336p32773084.html Sent from the Everything List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-03 Thread Quentin Anciaux
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Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-03 Thread benjayk
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Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-03 Thread Quentin Anciaux
to the envy of immortality. Neither experientally, nor logically or scientifically. You say so... benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation-tp32721336p32773421.html Sent from the Everything List mailing list archive

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-03 Thread meekerdb
On 11/3/2011 7:07 AM, benjayk wrote: There is no difference, as there is no your and mine consciousness. Consciousness can not be owned, and can not be divided into pieces. There is just consciousness. It is very easily experientally confirmable: Do you ever experience anything other than this

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-02 Thread benjayk
), and see the true greatness of what we are which is beyond all of this. And this is immortal, with death merely being a relative end, just like sleeping. benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation-tp32721336p32767885.html Sent from

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-02 Thread Quentin Anciaux
would forget everything... it's the same thing as she had died. Quentin -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation-tp32721336p32767885.html Sent from the Everything List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- You received this message

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-02 Thread meekerdb
On 11/2/2011 11:45 AM, benjayk wrote: Quentin Anciaux-2 wrote: 2011/11/1 benjaykbenjamin.jaku...@googlemail.com Quentin Anciaux-2 wrote: 2011/10/30 benjaykbenjamin.jaku...@googlemail.com Quentin Anciaux-2 wrote: 2011/10/30 benjaykbenjamin.jaku...@googlemail.com Nick Prince-2 wrote:

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-02 Thread Nick Prince
On Oct 27, 12:10 am, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 04:00:56PM -0700, Nick Prince wrote: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation I’m trying to get a  picture of how David Deutsch’s idea of differentiation works – especially in relation to QTI. I'm

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-02 Thread Nick Prince
On 1 November 2011 21:07, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 01:07:31PM -0700, Nick Prince wrote: This is where I am coming from: I accept decoherence as the mechanism for suppressing interference between universes and that this happens very quickly (no

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-02 Thread freqflyer07281972
Hey there, I don't often post on this board, but I follow it quite frequently, and perhaps I might inject a 'fresh voice' to rescue this thread of a cul-de-sac of its own. It's essentially buddhist in nature rather than mathematical or computational, so forgive me if I appear presumptuous, or off

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-02 Thread meekerdb
On 11/2/2011 7:08 PM, freqflyer07281972 wrote: Hey there, I don't often post on this board, but I follow it quite frequently, and perhaps I might inject a 'fresh voice' to rescue this thread of a cul-de-sac of its own. It's essentially buddhist in nature rather than mathematical or

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2011, at 23:56, meekerdb wrote: On 10/31/2011 11:02 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Why? Everett shows convincingly that, being a memory machine, when we measure a superposition state, we just entangle ourself with the superposition state, but this differentiate the consciousness/

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-01 Thread benjayk
identity - but it certainly isn't all that there is to it. benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation-tp32721336p32760389.html Sent from the Everything List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- You received this message because you

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-01 Thread Nick Prince
[BM] I don't think I understand it any better than you do.  But ISTM we need a quantum theory of consciousness in order to write eqns like (3) above. In the standard theory it implies that there is some experience of both system states at the same time.  A change of basis changes the

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-01 Thread Russell Standish
On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 01:07:31PM -0700, Nick Prince wrote: This is where I am coming from: I accept decoherence as the mechanism for suppressing interference between universes and that this happens very quickly (no time for us to notice). So assuming the everett interpretation, there is

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-01 Thread Quentin Anciaux
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Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-01 Thread meekerdb
On 11/1/2011 1:07 PM, Nick Prince wrote: [BM] I don't think I understand it any better than you do. But ISTM we need a quantum theory of consciousness in order to write eqns like (3) above. In the standard theory it implies that there is some experience of both system states at the same

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-01 Thread meekerdb
On 11/1/2011 2:07 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 01:07:31PM -0700, Nick Prince wrote: This is where I am coming from: I accept decoherence as the mechanism for suppressing interference between universes and that this happens very quickly (no time for us to notice). So

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-01 Thread meekerdb
On 11/1/2011 3:40 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: What do you mean by consciousness ? I don't care about eternal not me... it's the *same* thing as death. When talking about dying, what's important is the person who die, if something is left who doesn't know that it was that person... what does it

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-11-01 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/11/1 benjayk benjamin.jaku...@googlemail.com Quentin Anciaux-2 wrote: 2011/10/30 benjayk benjamin.jaku...@googlemail.com Quentin Anciaux-2 wrote: 2011/10/30 benjayk

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2011, at 06:30, meekerdb wrote: On 10/30/2011 5:13 PM, Nick Prince wrote: On Oct 30, 8:56 pm, Russell Standishli...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: My point about the unitary evolution was that the clicking of the Geiger counter is not a unitary process - and until you hear it, you

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-31 Thread Nick Prince
On Oct 31, 5:30 am, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/30/2011 5:13 PM, Nick Prince wrote: On Oct 30, 8:56 pm, Russell Standishli...@hpcoders.com.au  wrote: My point about the unitary evolution was that the clicking of the Geiger counter is not a unitary process - and until

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2011, at 06:20, meekerdb wrote: On 10/30/2011 5:09 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: A common response to the idea of QTI is, Why should I care if I die and someone else in another world who thinks he is me survives? But this objection shows a lack of understanding of consciousness

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 30 Oct 2011, at 10:34, benjayk wrote: Nick Prince-2 wrote: This is similar to my speculations in an earlier topic post http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list/browse_thread/thread/4514b50b8eb469c3/c49c3aa24c265a4b?lnk=gstq=homomorphic#c49c3aa24c265a4b where I suggest that very

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-31 Thread meekerdb
On 10/31/2011 6:01 AM, Nick Prince wrote: On Oct 31, 5:30 am, meekerdbmeeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/30/2011 5:13 PM, Nick Prince wrote: On Oct 30, 8:56 pm, Russell Standishli...@hpcoders.com.auwrote: My point about the unitary evolution was that the clicking of the Geiger counter

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-31 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 31 Oct 2011, at 18:13, meekerdb wrote: On 10/31/2011 6:01 AM, Nick Prince wrote: On Oct 31, 5:30 am, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 10/30/2011 5:13 PM, Nick Prince wrote: On Oct 30, 8:56 pm, Russell Standishli...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: My point about the unitary evolution

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-31 Thread meekerdb
On 10/31/2011 11:02 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: Why? Everett shows convincingly that, being a memory machine, when we measure a superposition state, we just entangle ourself with the superposition state, but this differentiate the consciousness/memory of the machine, and she can feel the split.

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-30 Thread Russell Standish
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 03:44:46PM -0700, Nick Prince wrote: [NP] Maybe you are thinking of Tegmark level 1 or level 2 type multiverses here, in which case I agree.  What I was doing in my analysis was thinking about QM type 3 multiverses only. Let's pretend that these are the only

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-30 Thread benjayk
intuition (does it really seem probable that all persons grow abitrarily old?) and with observation (people do actually die) than other forms of immortality. benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation-tp32721336p32746424.html Sent from

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-30 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2011/10/30 benjayk benjamin.jaku...@googlemail.com Nick Prince-2 wrote: This is similar to my speculations in an earlier topic post http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list/browse_thread/thread/4514b50b8eb469c3/c49c3aa24c265a4b?lnk=gstq=homomorphic#c49c3aa24c265a4b where I

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-30 Thread Nick Prince
[RS] The question is - when did the cat become aware of which way the electron was spinning as it left the Stern-Gerlach apparatus? I would say it was when it discovered the vial didn't smash, and it was still alive. The other question, from the DD perspective, is when did the sphere of

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 29 Oct 2011, at 20:07, Nick Prince wrote: On Oct 29, 6:44 pm, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 30, 2011, at 3:17 AM, Nick Prince nickmag.pri...@googlemail.com wrote: Maybe you are thinking of Tegmark level 1 or level 2 type multiverses here, in which case I

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-30 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 05:10:34AM -0700, Nick Prince wrote: Well suppose the device triggers the flask smashing part of the detector apparatus depending on whether the electron is moving up and spinning up or vice versa as in my analysis. Also say it does this on recieiving a click from one

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-30 Thread benjayk
innocent freshness of children - not knowing who you are - we miss something that is absolutely essential to life. It is not by chance that children are generally more open and happy, and learn faster, than adults. benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-30 Thread Quentin Anciaux
are generally more open and happy, and learn faster, than adults. benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation-tp32721336p32748927.html Sent from the Everything List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- You received this message

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-30 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
essential to life. It is not by chance that children are generally more open and happy, and learn faster, than adults. benjayk -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/QTI%2C-Cul-de-sacs-and-differentiation-tp32721336p32748927.html Sent from the Everything List mailing list

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-30 Thread Nick Prince
On Oct 30, 8:56 pm, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: My point about the unitary evolution was that the clicking of the Geiger counter is not a unitary process - and until you hear it, you remain in superposition. - Show quoted text - I thought that in the everett

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-30 Thread meekerdb
On 10/30/2011 5:09 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: A common response to the idea of QTI is, Why should I care if I die and someone else in another world who thinks he is me survives? But this objection shows a lack of understanding of consciousness works if there are multiple instantiations.

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-30 Thread meekerdb
On 10/30/2011 5:13 PM, Nick Prince wrote: On Oct 30, 8:56 pm, Russell Standishli...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: My point about the unitary evolution was that the clicking of the Geiger counter is not a unitary process - and until you hear it, you remain in superposition. - Show quoted text - I

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-29 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Oct 26, 2011, at 10:00 AM, Nick Prince nickmag.pri...@googlemail.com wrote: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation I’m trying to get a picture of how David Deutsch’s idea of differentiation works – especially in relation to QTI. With a standard treatment it looks as if there might be cul

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-29 Thread Nick Prince
On Oct 29, 1:53 pm, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 26, 2011, at 10:00 AM, Nick Prince nickmag.pri...@googlemail.com wrote: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation I’m trying to get a  picture of how David Deutsch’s idea of differentiation works – especially

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-29 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Oct 30, 2011, at 3:17 AM, Nick Prince nickmag.pri...@googlemail.com wrote: Maybe you are thinking of Tegmark level 1 or level 2 type multiverses here, in which case I agree. What I was doing in my analysis was thinking about QM type 3 multiverses only. Let's pretend that these are the

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-29 Thread Nick Prince
On Oct 29, 6:44 pm, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 30, 2011, at 3:17 AM, Nick Prince nickmag.pri...@googlemail.com wrote: Maybe you are thinking of Tegmark level 1 or level 2 type multiverses here, in which case I agree.  What I was doing in my analysis was

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-29 Thread Nick Prince
On Oct 29, 6:44 pm, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 30, 2011, at 3:17 AM, Nick Prince nickmag.pri...@googlemail.com wrote: Maybe you are thinking of Tegmark level 1 or level 2 type multiverses here, in which case I agree.  What I was doing in my analysis was

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-29 Thread Russell Standish
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 09:17:17AM -0700, Nick Prince wrote: Hi Stathis Maybe you are thinking of Tegmark level 1 or level 2 type multiverses here, in which case I agree. What I was doing in my analysis was thinking about QM type 3 multiverses only. Let's pretend that these are the only

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-29 Thread Nick Prince
On Oct 27, 11:52 am, benjayk benjamin.jaku...@googlemail.com wrote: Jason Resch-2 wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Nick Prince nickmag.pri...@googlemail.comwrote: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation I’m trying to get a  picture of how David Deutsch’s idea of differentiation

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-29 Thread Nick Prince
[NP] Maybe you are thinking of Tegmark level 1 or level 2 type multiverses here, in which case I agree.  What I was doing in my analysis was thinking about QM type 3 multiverses only. Let's pretend that these are the only variety for the moment, then my analysis does indicate that cul

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 28 Oct 2011, at 01:56, Nick Prince wrote: [BM] The QTI, or the more general comp immortality, or arithmetical immortality is a complex subject, if only because it depends on what you mean by you. [NP] Can you be more specific on this? Well, we have discuss this a lot on this list.

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-28 Thread Nick Prince
Thanks Bruno for being so patient with me and taking the time to carefully answer my queries. Nick On Oct 28, 3:42 pm, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 28 Oct 2011, at 01:56, Nick Prince wrote: [BM] The QTI, or the more general comp immortality, or arithmetical immortality is

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-27 Thread benjayk
Jason Resch-2 wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Nick Prince nickmag.pri...@googlemail.comwrote: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation I’m trying to get a picture of how David Deutsch’s idea of differentiation works – especially in relation to QTI. With a standard treatment

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-27 Thread Stephen P. King
On 10/25/2011 7:00 PM, Nick Prince wrote: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation I’m trying to get a picture of how David Deutsch’s idea of differentiation works – especially in relation to QTI. With a standard treatment it looks as if there might be cul de sacs for a dying cat. However I

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Oct 2011, at 01:00, Nick Prince wrote: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation I’m trying to get a picture of how David Deutsch’s idea of differentiation works – especially in relation to QTI. With a standard treatment it looks as if there might be cul de sacs for a dying cat. However

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-27 Thread Nick Prince
[CW] I can't help with that unfortunately. My own TOE explains why QM may be a misinterpretation to begin with (even though the observations and predictions of QM are of course valid). [NP] Ok thanks for your comments Craig. I would be interested in your TOE. If you have explained it on this

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-27 Thread Nick Prince
[JR] I think such cul de sacs exist only from third person perspectives. E.g., the experimenter's view of what happens to the cat. When considering the perspective from the first person (cat) perspective, there are no cul de sacs for a much simpler reason: The cat might be mistaken, dreaming, or

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-27 Thread Nick Prince
[SPK] Are we sure that this ordering, at the level of the state vectors, really matters? We are, after all, only considering observables that mutually commute and thus ordering should be irrelevant. [NP] Hi Stephen. I stressed the order because it is how the cat perceives events and

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-27 Thread meekerdb
On 10/27/2011 3:26 PM, Nick Prince wrote: [SPK] Are we sure that this ordering, at the level of the state vectors, really matters? We are, after all, only considering observables that mutually commute and thus ordering should be irrelevant. [NP] Hi Stephen. I stressed the order because

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-27 Thread Nick Prince
[BM] The QTI, or the more general comp immortality, or arithmetical immortality is a complex subject, if only because it depends on what you mean by you. [NP] Can you be more specific on this? [BM] Do you know Kripke semantic? A Kripke frame is just a set (of elements called worlds) with an

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-27 Thread meekerdb
On 10/27/2011 4:56 PM, Nick Prince wrote: With comp, and I think with QM, there is no escapes from being conscious, in a way or another. I don't like that, but then it is a consequence of those theories. Have you never been unconscious? Concussion? Anesthesia? Brent -- You received this

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-27 Thread Nick Prince
[SPK] It seems to me that we have to take the environment of the system into account, so we have to have a {environment in the equation, no? From what I can tell, cul de sac's would have 3p consequences that would have an effect on the distribution of branches. Maybe we should

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Oct 25, 7:00 pm, Nick Prince nickmag.pri...@googlemail.com wrote: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation  By the end of the first evolution due to Msg, the infinite bundle of universes has partitioned into two bundles i.e. one bundle of universes that have a Z spin up electron moving upwards

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-26 Thread Nick Prince
[NP] QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation By the end of the first evolution due to Msg, the infinite bundle of universes has partitioned into two bundles i.e. one bundle of universes that have a Z spin up electron moving upwards with a neutral detector reading and an alive cat, and another bundle

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Oct 26, 11:29 am, Nick Prince nickmag.pri...@googlemail.com wrote: [NP] QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation By the end of the first evolution due to Msg, the infinite  bundle of universes has partitioned into two bundles i.e. one bundle of universes that have a Z spin up electron moving

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-26 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Nick Prince nickmag.pri...@googlemail.comwrote: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation I’m trying to get a picture of how David Deutsch’s idea of differentiation works – especially in relation to QTI. With a standard treatment it looks as if there might

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-26 Thread Russell Standish
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 04:00:56PM -0700, Nick Prince wrote: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation I’m trying to get a picture of how David Deutsch’s idea of differentiation works – especially in relation to QTI. With a standard treatment it looks as if there might be cul de sacs

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-26 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 06:58:15PM -0500, Jason Resch wrote: Nick, I think such cul de sacs exist only from third person perspectives. E.g., the experimenter's view of what happens to the cat. When considering the perspective from the first person (cat) perspective, there are no cul de

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-26 Thread Jason Resch
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.auwrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 06:58:15PM -0500, Jason Resch wrote: Nick, I think such cul de sacs exist only from third person perspectives. E.g., the experimenter's view of what happens to the cat. When

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-26 Thread meekerdb
On 10/26/2011 5:10 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 04:00:56PM -0700, Nick Prince wrote: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation I’m trying to get a picture of how David Deutsch’s idea of differentiation works – especially in relation to QTI. With a standard treatment

Re: QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-26 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 08:02:02PM -0500, Jason Resch wrote: I don't think it is possible to define personal discontinuation (death) in terms of a local event or configuration that is setup in some corner of a universe. For instance, if the universe is infinitely big, one could recur

QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation

2011-10-25 Thread Nick Prince
QTI, Cul de sacs and differentiation I’m trying to get a picture of how David Deutsch’s idea of differentiation works – especially in relation to QTI. With a standard treatment it looks as if there might be cul de sacs for a dying cat. However I think I can see why this conclusion could