ciphergoth comments on On dollars, utility, and crack cocaine - Less Wrong

13 Post author: PhilGoetz 04 April 2009 12:00AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 April 2009 12:16:03PM 0 points [-]

On a whim, I once played the lottery on the theory that the Many Worlds Interpretation is true, and some branch of me would win. I like to think he's out there somewhere.

Did you use a quantum random number generator?

(Of course, if MWI really is true, then some other me in some other branch would have played the lottery even if I hadn't, so strictly speaking I didn't even need to...)

There's no law of physics stating that you make all possible decisions in different MWI branches, though sufficiently different people who otherwise resemble you might.

Comment author: ciphergoth 04 April 2009 12:59:38PM 1 point [-]

In that case I shall use a quantum random number generator to give myself a 10^-6 chance of playing the lottery :-)