Re: Fw: Quantum accident survivor

2003-11-09 Thread Hal Finney
Eric Cavalcanti, [EMAIL PROTECTED], writes: Suppose I sit on this copy machine in New York, and the information of the position and velocities (within quantum uncertainty) of all particles in my body is copied. Suppose, for the sake of the argument, that the mere retrieval of this information

Re: Fw: Quantum accident survivor

2003-11-08 Thread Eric Cavalcanti
- Original Message - From: Jesse Mazer [EMAIL PROTECTED] I agree that a moment from now there will be a number of exactly equal copies. Nevertheless, I am sure I will only experience being one of them, so this is what I mean by ' me ' - the actual experiences I will have. Maybe

Fw: Quantum accident survivor

2003-11-07 Thread Eric Cavalcanti
Hi, - Original Message - From: David Kwinter [EMAIL PROTECTED] I mean the absolutely exact same David Kwinter or Eric Cavalcanti as was the moment before. I agree that a moment from now there will be a number of exactly equal copies. Nevertheless, I am sure I will only

Re: Fw: Quantum accident survivor

2003-11-07 Thread David Kwinter
On Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at 07:56 PM, Eric Cavalcanti wrote: Hi, - Original Message - From: David Kwinter [EMAIL PROTECTED] I mean the absolutely exact same David Kwinter or Eric Cavalcanti as was the moment before. I agree that a moment from now there will be a number of

Re: Fw: Quantum accident survivor

2003-11-07 Thread Hal Finney
Jesse Mazer writes: OK, so now go back to the scenario where you're supposed to be recreated in both Washington and Moscow, except assume that at the last moment there's a power failure in Moscow and the recreator machine fails to activate. Surely this is no different from the scenario

Re: Fw: Quantum accident survivor

2003-11-07 Thread Jesse Mazer
Hal Finney wrote: Jesse Mazer writes: OK, so now go back to the scenario where you're supposed to be recreated in both Washington and Moscow, except assume that at the last moment there's a power failure in Moscow and the recreator machine fails to activate. Surely this is no different from

Re: Fw: Quantum accident survivor

2003-11-07 Thread Hal Finney
Jesse Mazer wrote: Hal Finney wrote: Measure is important. It is what guides our life every day. We constantly make decisions so as to maximize the measure of good outcomes, as nearly as we can judge. I don't think we can neglect it in these thought experiments. What type of measure are