Re: QTI, SSI

From: <GSLevy.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 00:11:56 EDT

Please James, Russell, redefine the term SSA. I must have missed a critical
exchange where this term was defined.


In a message dated 99-05-17 16:32:43 EDT, James Higgo writes:

<< For anyone else, the sight of a billion-year-old man
 would not prove or disprove the Quantum Theory of
 Immortality.
 But for you, at age 1 billion, the probability that you
 would reach a billion, given QTI, is one. >>

I am in full agreement with this.

However, left unsaid is the impact of living one billion years or one
trillion years on the perception of the self . More specifically, as long as
the Self views the universe RATIONALLY, there must be ANTHROPIC reasons in
his perceived universe for living that long. He must perceive the universe
around him to be evolving to support his own longevity. And he must also
perceives himself to be evolving since he must be conscious (have memory) of
living that long. Kind of "growing up." Undoubtedly, the Self resulting after
one billion years of anthropically supported evolution will be very different
from the common human self. Will the Self then be the "same" as the Self now?
Yes in the sense of being linked to the memories of his "youth" just like an
old man remembers being a child. And of course, there will be branches in the
MW where Selves loses their earlier memories. But we are not concerned about
these Selves since, having lost their memories, they have also lost their
link to their youth, their identity. To be of interest for the perception of
survival, the thread of consciousness through the MW must keep the memory
intact.


George
Received on Mon May 17 1999 - 21:14:30 PDT