I think this is a quite genuine remark.
Bruno
Le 04-janv.-06, à 14:49, Quentin Anciaux a écrit :
Another problem is that there must be a lot more observer moment of me
being
very very old and sane than the total of observer moments I've
experienced
till I have memories, but still I experienc
On 05/01/2006, at 5:19 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
It is an accident of evolution that we consider our future selves
to be the "same" person as we are now and try to ensure their well-
being.
Biological imperatives are present and at work here. It may be an
accident of evolution that
Quentin Anciaux writes:
Le Mercredi 4 Janvier 2006 02:37, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit :
> But it isn't possible to "die young" if QTI is true! Every time you come
to
> a point where you might die, something will happen to save you. When you
> get really old, perhaps some anti-ageing treatmen
I think I can rephrase Kim's suggestion as follows. Rewards usually
reflect risks, people performing death-defying acts tend to be paid
handsomely, young males performing risky acts earn the admiration of
females (the James Dean stereotype), suicide bombers getting to spend
time with heavenly virgi
On 04/01/2006, at 12:37 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
But it isn't possible to "die young" if QTI is true!
But there exists nonetheless a death event, even though it does not
lead to a cessation of consciousness and presumably life. Death
represents the branching of the histories - it m
Le Mercredi 4 Janvier 2006 02:37, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit :
> But it isn't possible to "die young" if QTI is true! Every time you come to
> a point where you might die, something will happen to save you. When you
> get really old, perhaps some anti-ageing treatment, or mind uploading is
> intro
Le 04-janv.-06, à 02:37, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit :
The problem of gradually fading away can be illustrated by another
example. Suppose your body is destructively scanned and then
reconstituted in two separate locations, a1 and a2. At a1, the
reconstitution goes as intended, but at a2 some
Kim Jones writes:
On 04/01/2006, at 12:37 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
But it isn't possible to "die young" if QTI is true!
But there exists nonetheless a death event, even though it does not lead
to a cessation of consciousness and presumably life. Death represents the
branching of t
But it isn't possible to "die young" if QTI is true! Every time you come to
a point where you might die, something will happen to save you. When you get
really old, perhaps some anti-ageing treatment, or mind uploading is
introduced just in time. Of course, there is no guarantee that you will
c
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