Re: Many worlds theory of immortality

From: Hal Finney <hal.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 23:15:45 -0700 (PDT)

Stathis Papaioannou writes:
> QM or QTI do not imply
> that you can never lose consciousness. The idea is that you can never
> *experience* loss of consciousness. You can fall asleep, but when you wake
> up, you don't remember being asleep. If you never wake up - i.e. if you die
> in your sleep - then you never experience that particular branch of the MW.
> In other words, you can only experience those worlds where the loss of
> consciousness is temporary.

How about impairment of consciousness? Can you experience that? Can you
experience going crazy, or having a reduced level of consciousness where
you are drugged or barely alive? That's how death is for most people,
it's not like flicking off a light. Will Quantum Immortality protect you
from spending an eternity in a near-coma? Exactly how much consciousness
does it guarantee you?

Hal Finney
Received on Thu Apr 14 2005 - 03:08:22 PDT