RE: Measure, madness, and Max

From: Jacques M Mallah <jqm1584.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:30:20 -0500

On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, it was written:
> > There are a number of points on which I believe we can agree:
> > - When you attempt a quantum suicide, you remain alive in some
> > branches but die in others.
>
> Check.
>
> > - The measure of those branches of the world in which you are alive
> > afterwards is less than the measure of the branch in which you
> > attempted the suicide.
>
> Check.
>
> > - In some branches where there are continuations of your present
> > existence, you live forever. However the measure of these branches
> > is very small.
>
> Check.
>
> > These depend implicitly on a certain flavor of the MWI, to wit:
>
> Huh? It only depends on any MWI or uniform infinite universe
> setup.

        To clarify, I mean that the basic issues only depend on that. In
the infinite universe case branches are replaced by large regions of
space.

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              Jacques Mallah (jqm1584.domain.name.hidden)
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Received on Wed Jan 20 1999 - 11:32:54 PST

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