wedrifid comments on MWI, copies and probability - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 26 June 2010 08:17:58AM 4 points [-]

Is there any evidence for 1: "We value extra copies in other quantum branches"...?

Who does that? It seems like a crazy position to take - since those are in other worlds!

Me. Valuing existence in as much Everett branch as possible sounds like one of the least arbitrary preferences one could possibly have.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 26 June 2010 12:43:59PM 0 points [-]

How does it compare to wanting to make a large positive difference in as many Everett branches as possible?

Comment author: wedrifid 26 June 2010 12:53:48PM *  0 points [-]

Roughly equal up until the point where you are choosing what 'positive difference' means. While that is inevitably arbitrary it is arbitrary in a, well, positive way. While it does seem to me that basic self perpetuation is in some sense more fundamental or basic than any sophisticated value system I don't endorse it any more than I endorse gravity.