Re: Q Wars Episode 10^9: the Phantom Measure

1999-06-14 Thread Jacques M Mallah
On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And by the way, if the measure was NOT continuous along some branches of the > MW, then we could simply ignore those branches since they are irrelevent to > immortality, and concern ourselves only with those branches which are > relevent where the m

Re: Q Wars Episode 10^9: the Phantom Measure

1999-06-08 Thread Christopher Maloney
Higgo James wrote: > > Well said, but I'm not sure your definition of 'I' holds. There are > infinitely many 'Chris Maloneys' born in a hospital of the same name of > parents of the same name... etc etc etc who are in no way connected with > you. Besides, these identifiers are all social naming c

Re: Q Wars Episode 10^9: the Phantom Measure

1999-06-02 Thread GSLevy
In a message dated 99-06-02 06:52:55 EDT, Jacques Mallah wrote: > [...] I want to establish a key point. Do you admit that >if, in fact, your measure were to decrease (for example) exponentially >with time, you would not be immortal in any meaningful sense? >If you admit that, then we could

Re: Q Wars Episode 10^9: the Phantom Measure

1999-06-02 Thread Marchal
Hi Jacques MM, Russell, and other Everythingers/ManyWorlders Jacques M Mallah wrote: > At least, unlike some q-immorters, you admit that you do not think >measure decreases with time. Indeed. Although such a question deserves more attention, I would say that my current *feeling* is that

Re: Q Wars Episode 10^9: the Phantom Measure

1999-06-01 Thread Jacques M Mallah
On 31 xxx -1, Marchal wrote: > I have probably missed something (in the 10^9 episodes!), but I still > cannot figure out why should "my" measure decrease with "time". At least, unlike some q-immorters, you admit that you do not think measure decreases with time. > At least with comp, i

Re: Q Wars Episode 10^9: the Phantom Measure

1999-05-31 Thread Marchal
Jacques Mallah wrote: >On Sun, 23 May 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Jacques M Mallah, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: >> >It is surely true that in the MWI, old copies of you-like beings >> > will exist. It is also true that they will be of very small measure, and >> > that the effective p

Re: Q Wars Episode 10^9: the Phantom Measure

1999-05-30 Thread Jacques M Mallah
On Sun, 23 May 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jacques M Mallah, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: > > It is surely true that in the MWI, old copies of you-like beings > > will exist. It is also true that they will be of very small measure, and > > that the effective probability of being one of t

Re: Q Wars Episode 10^9: the Phantom Measure

1999-05-23 Thread hal
Jacques M Mallah, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: > It is surely true that in the MWI, old copies of you-like beings > will exist. It is also true that they will be of very small measure, and > that the effective probability of being one of those copies is very tiny. We would agree that "som