Bruno Marchal writes:
> > On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 08:32:04PM +1000, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> >>
> >> Russell Standish writes:
> >>
> >>> Not really, as conscious experience is only associated with one
> >>> branch, but multiple branches are needed to have any conscious
> >>> experience at all.
> >>
> >> What does this mean?
> >>
> >> Stathis Papaioannou
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> I would say the multiple branches are needed to have any *stable*
> conscious experience, i.e. to have conscious experience "with the right
> (relative) probabilities"
It may as a matter of fact be the case that our consciousness is spread across
multiple branches, but I don't see how this would confer stability. When people
pray for something, they are actually asking God to prune the multiverse branches
in which undesirable outcomes occur. If God complies, in the extreme case leaving
only a single branch intact, their future conscious experience will be very stable
indeed.
Stathis Papaioannou
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Received on Thu Aug 24 2006 - 07:55:48 PDT