Re: Quantum Probability and Decision Theory

From: Wei Dai <weidai.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 17:16:54 -0500

On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 08:54:30PM -0500, Stephen Paul King wrote:
> Two ideas would seem to mute this strange thought.
>
> 1) The no-cloning theorem, iff the world follows QM and not just classical
> physics.

Are you saying the no-cloning theorem will prevent copying of minds? What
about AIs running on classical computers?

> 2) van Fraassen's Reflection Principle seems to ignore the possibility that
> probabilities and their distributions are given ab inition and that the
> notion of "updating" and/or revising one's expectations is negligible.

I don't understand what you're trying to say. Can you expand on it please?
Received on Mon Dec 23 2002 - 17:19:47 PST