RE: Q Wars Episode 10^9: the Phantom Measure (fwd)

From: Higgo James <james.higgo.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 10:13:44 +0100

James> >(I assume you are also OK with the notion that there is an infinite
number
> >of billion-year-old-Jacqueses). Well, then our only disagreement is
whether
> >you will become an old Jacques. I believe that you only experience those
> >universes in which you exist, so you will eventually experience being one
of
> >those old Jacqueses.
>
Jacques> The above paragraph seems rather meaningless. From what I
gather,
> you believe that "I" (whatever that means) will experience all me-like
> observations in some kind of consecutive order, and that the measure of
> such observations will not decrease with time. Quite ridiculous.

I have never stated that the measure of me-like observations, from an
Archimedian viewpoint, will not decrease with time (when Archimedes chooses
to adopt a timeline). I just say that my current conscious moment will be
succeeded, smoothly from my point of view, with another, and then another,
ad infinitum. If I say 'I believe that I will live forever', do you know
what that means? Could you express it in whatever code makes sense to you?
Then you can also formalise your belief that 'At some point the conscious
moment I am experiencing will not be succeeded by any further conscious
moments'. Perhaps if you do that, then I can have an insight into your
personal meta-language and we can discuss things meaningfully.
Received on Mon May 24 1999 - 02:13:10 PDT