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I was using 'you' and 'us' in the colloquial sense of the subjective experiences of a specific, arbitrary continuity chosen at random from of the set of Everette branches in the hypothetical branch of the world tree that this counterfactual occurs in.
Now, I CAN start listing my precise definitions for every potentially ambiguous term I use, or we could simply agree not to pick improbable and inconsistent interpretations of the other's words. Frankly, I'd much prefer the latter, as I cannot abide pedants.
EDIT: Or you could downvote all my posts. That's cool too.
Since the distinction is of decision theoretical relevance and the source of much confusion I choose to clarify incorrect usages of 'unpredictable' in this particular environment. By phrasing it as 'more precisely' I leave plenty of scope for the original speaker to be assumed to be just speaking loosely.
Unfortunately you chose to fortify and defend an incorrect position instead of allowing the additional detail. Now you have given a very nice definition of 'you' but even with that definition both of your claims are just as incorrect as when they started. Fixing 'you' misses the point.
You are probably too entrenched in your position to work with but for anyone else who wants to talk about 'unpredictable' quantum coins, qualifiers like ("for most intents and purposes", "effectively") are awesome!
By reading the quantum coin flip, you definitely entangle yourself with it, and there's no way you're going to stay coherent.
As a hard-core Everettian, I find the original usage and the followup totally unobjectionable in principle. Your clarification was good except for the part where it said Ati's statement was wrong. There exists a reading of the terms which leaves those wrong, yes. So don't use that one.