On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Higgo James wrote:
> Jacques, if you are truly incapable of viewing this problem from the first
> person perspective, then you are the first enlightened being I have met.
"Enlightened" isn't the word I'd use, but many of you are
unenlightened.
I am viewing it from both perspectives and, by definition, getting
the same facts.
> Congratulations.
> James
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jacques M. Mallah [SMTP:jqm1584.domain.name.hidden]
> > Sent: Saturday, 05 February, 2000 11:18 PM
> > To: 'everything-list.domain.name.hidden'
> > Subject: RE: normalization
> >
> > 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.)
> >
> > - - - - - - -
> > Jacques Mallah (jqm1584.domain.name.hidden)
> > Physicist / Many Worlder / Devil's Advocate
> > "I know what no one else knows" - 'Runaway Train', Soul Asylum
> > My URL: http://pages.nyu.edu/~jqm1584/
>
Received on Tue Feb 08 2000 - 15:37:35 PST