>> As the observer you know all this information, and you look at the
>> clock and see that it is 5:00 PM. What can you conclude from this and
>> what should you expect? To me, it seems that you must conclude that
>> you are currently either A1 or A2, and that in one minute you will be
>> B, with 100% certainty. Would you say something else?
I think if the observer knows everything I know, they can't conclude
anything more or less than I can.
Namely, that at 5:00 there are two computers running simulations, and
in one minute there will be one computer running a simulation.
I don't see how the observer asking "Which one am I?" is in any sense
asking for more information. The problem is the word "I" - what does
it refer to? Both computers MA1 and MA2 simulate an observer asking
"Which one am I". We know everything that happens - and "when you've
explained everything that happens, you've explained
everything." (Dennett again)
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