Re: UDA steps 5 and 6: huh?

2010-01-26 Thread Mark Buda
Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 25 Jan 2010, at 23:15, Mark Buda wrote: >>> On 25 Jan 2010, at 04:39, Mark Buda wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: > I would suggest the SANE 2004 paper: > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/publications/SANE2004MARCHAL.htm > > Are you OK with the first six steps

Re: measure again '10

2010-01-26 Thread Nick Prince
Thank you Jack for your response. >That one that is killed doesn't feel anything after he is killed. The one >that lives experiences whatever he would have experienced anyway. There is NO >TRANSFER of consciousness. Killing a guy (assuming he is not an evil guy or >in great pain) and not cre

Re: measure again '10

2010-01-26 Thread Jack Mallah
--- On Tue, 1/26/10, Bruno Marchal wrote: > On 25 Jan 2010, at 23:16, Jack Mallah wrote: > > Killing one man is not OK just because he has a brother. > > In our context, the 'brother' has the same consciousness. The "brother" most certainly does not have "the same" consciousness. If he did, th

Re: Jack Mallah's paper on QS.

2010-01-26 Thread Stephen Paul King
Hi Jack, - Original Message - From: "Jack Mallah" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:50 PM Subject: Re: Jack Mallah's paper on QS. -- On Mon, 1/25/10, Stephen Paul King wrote: Does not the mutual interfearence between the "copies" hace something to do with a QM systems ability t

Re: UDA steps 5 and 6: huh?

2010-01-26 Thread Brent Meeker
Bruno Marchal wrote: On 26 Jan 2010, at 03:34, Brent Meeker wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Jan 2010, at 04:39, Mark Buda wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: I would suggest the SANE 2004 paper: http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/publications/SANE2004MARCHAL.htm Okay, first question: in step 5

Re: Jack Mallah's paper on QS.

2010-01-26 Thread Jack Mallah
-- On Mon, 1/25/10, Stephen Paul King wrote: > Does not the mutual interfearence between the "copies" hace something to do > with a QM systems ability to compute exponensially more than a classical > system? If so, then reducing the number or density of copies would lead to an > attenuation in

Re: measure again '10

2010-01-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Jan 2010, at 23:16, Jack Mallah wrote: Killing one man is not OK just because he has a brother. In our context, the 'brother' has the same consciousness. From this I conclude you would say "no" to the doctor. All right? The doctor certainly "kill a 'brother' ". Bruno Marchal ht

Re: UDA steps 5 and 6: huh?

2010-01-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 26 Jan 2010, at 03:34, Brent Meeker wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: On 25 Jan 2010, at 04:39, Mark Buda wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: I would suggest the SANE 2004 paper: http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/publications/SANE2004MARCHAL.htm Okay, first question: in step 5, assuming the measure

Re: UDA steps 5 and 6: huh?

2010-01-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 25 Jan 2010, at 23:15, Mark Buda wrote: On 25 Jan 2010, at 04:39, Mark Buda wrote: Bruno Marchal wrote: I would suggest the SANE 2004 paper: http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/publications/SANE2004MARCHAL.htm [mixed up question deleted] I don't understand clearly your protocol. Th