On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Higgo James wrote:
> >From the bigger perspective, I don't believe QTI as I don't believe in time
> or an objective relationship between thoughts. Both are necessary for QTI to
> make sense.
>
> But for the purposes of our subjective, everyday world, I believe in QTI. I
> simply do not understand why you don't (I really must be thick, or perhaps
> it's the emperor's new clothes).
>
> Put yourself in the cat's shoebox. You can expect to be there at tea-time.
> You can plan to go and catch mice. The fact that you will not be there in
> 50% of 'subsequent' universes is quite irrelevant.
What do you mean by "you can expect to be there"? That is
misleading. The fact is that the effective probability for a Cat-like
observation to be in the future (after the experiment) rather than before
it is reduced. And the effective probability for an observation in the
future to be Cat-like (as opposed to, say, dog-like) is reduced.
And of course, the Cat's total measure is reduced by the
experiment, which is bad for the Cat.
Suppose the Cat exists in type A universes; that's good. Suppose
the Cat exists in type B universes; that's also good. Suppose in both
types (where they have equal measure); that's twice as good. Two Cats are
better than one for the same reason doubling the Cat's lifespan is
good. (Well, almost; one could argue that an older, wiser Cat is better
than a young, foolish Cat.)
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Jacques Mallah (jqm1584.domain.name.hidden)
Physicist / Many Worlder / Devil's Advocate
"I know what no one else knows" - 'Runaway Train', Soul Asylum
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Received on Sat Feb 05 2000 - 15:20:08 PST