Re: Free Will Theorem

2005-04-27 Thread Bruno Marchal
Le 26-avr.-05, à 21:36, John M a écrit : Russell wrote: Ah John, if only I could understand what you're saying... * Sorry, Russell, I fell back into my wholitic lingo with several items that are not identical to the 'general usage'. I wish you could point out 'some' which I should try to

Implications of MWI

2005-04-27 Thread Mark Fancey
Did accepting and understanding the MWI drastically alter your philosophical worldview? If so, how? I cannot answer this question myself because I do not truly understand many parts of it. Thanks -- Mark Fancey Anti-Bushite Bullshite

Re: Free Will Theorem

2005-04-27 Thread John M
Dear Bruno, again a post from you with your wits. I will post my reply (if I get the relevant points from Russell and - if I can - ) onlist. However your expression: ... I think we can progress only by understanding misunderstandings ... (what I assume as 'the list's understanding of 'my' mis...)

Re: Implications of MWI

2005-04-27 Thread Hal Finney
Mark Fancey writes: Did accepting and understanding the MWI drastically alter your philosophical worldview? If so, how? I don't know if I would describe it as a drastic alteration, but I do tend to think of my actions as provoking a continuum of results rather than a single result. For

Re: Implications of MWI

2005-04-27 Thread Mark Fancey
Hal: You say that you are more careful now (and everyone should always be more careful!); but is it not, in fact, irrelevant? This is because the worlds in which you cause great tragedy exist even before you arrive at a branch point that could take you to them. I am taking this from the saying:

RE: Implications of MWI

2005-04-27 Thread Jonathan Colvin
Mark Fancey writes: Did accepting and understanding the MWI drastically alter your philosophical worldview? If so, how? Hal: I don't know if I would describe it as a drastic alteration, but I do tend to think of my actions as provoking a continuum of results rather than a single result.

Quantum Behavior of Deterministic Systems with Information Loss. Path Integral Approach

2005-04-27 Thread Saibal Mitra
http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0504200 Quantum Behavior of Deterministic Systems with Information Loss. Path Integral ApproachAuthors: M. Blasone, P. Jizba, H. KleinertComments: 11 pages, RevTeXSubj-class: Quantum Physics; Mathematical Physics 't Hooft's derivation of quantum from

Re: Implications of MWI

2005-04-27 Thread Norman Samish
Mark, What does happening right now mean in the MWI concept? Einstein showed that there is no universal right now. Are you confusing this with a saying that I've seen attributed to C. A. Pickover, in his book Keys to Infinity? It goes In infinite time and infinite space, whatever can

RE: Implications of MWI

2005-04-27 Thread Jonathan Colvin
Norman wrote: If it is true that In infinite time and infinite space, whatever can happen, must happen, not only once but an infinite number of times, then what does probability mean? In your example below, there must be an infinity of worlds where Colin Powell is president and an infinity