Re: many worlds theory of immortality

From: Stathis Papaioannou <stathispapaioannou.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 14:33:46 +1000

John Mikes wrote:

> >".......whether I would like something to
> > be true or not has no bearing whatsoever
> >on whether in fact it *is* true.<
>What "is" true?
>IMO: true is MY 1st person mindset based upon the 3rd person mindsets I
>have
>received from others and have put in the "objective" chapter, which is MY
>"subjective and virtual" interpretation of who knows what.
>
>John M

No doubt, often we are biased when we decide on the "objective" truth. But
at the very least, we should strive to recognise and minimise this bias. It
will not do to say straight out, "I don't like ABC, therefore I will say ABC
does not exist".

--Stathis Papaioannou

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