RichardKennaway comments on Shock Level 5: Big Worlds and Modal Realism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 28 May 2010 10:42:42AM 2 points [-]

Applied quantum suicide. If we are in a Big World then all we really care about is probabilities

I've never taken quantum suicide seriously, even given MWI. You speak of probabilities, but what about measures? How do I gain by ensuring that the vast majority of possible futures do not contain anything resembling me, even if the majority of those that do give me a lottery jackpot? All I'm doing if I blow myself up for failing to win the lottery is erasing the overwhelming majority of my future selves, who if asked would very likely object.

Comment author: Jordan 28 May 2010 09:45:42PM *  1 point [-]

Certainly, if you choose to care about total measure, by all means do so. Personally, I care about subjective experience, and couldn't give a blast what my total measure throughout the multiverse is (except insofar as it effects the subjective experience of other people).