Jacques Mallah wrote:
> >Given MWI, you know what happens if you commit suicide. You may affect an
> >increase in your average well-being at the cost of a decrease of your total
> >measure.
>
> Right.
Wrong. In any purely objective measure, no action changes measure. The
SE is deterministic after all. This was never an adequate argument
against doing QS, only an explanation why QS should be a rare
phenomenon (as below).
>
> >If qm suicide became common, creatures would evolve to care about their
> >total measure. Such creatures would get a greater measure.
>
> Right. Of course, natural selection implies objective measure.
>
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