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Comment author: [deleted] 12 January 2014 07:38:54PM -1 points [-]

Let's say that tomorrow instead of decohering via MWI physics, I'll split into 2 versions of me, version U via uploading, and version P via ordinary physics. Can you tell me in advance why now I should only be caring about version (P) and not about version (U)?

Yes, you'd care about P and not U, because there's a chance you'd end up on P. There's zero chance you'd end up as U.

Seems to me that like in the first example I can't know which of the two branches "I'll end up on". So now I must care about the two future versions equally.

Now tomorrow has come, and you ended up as one of the branches. How much do you care about the others you did not end up on?

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 12 January 2014 07:41:14PM *  0 points [-]

Yes, you'd care about P and not U, because there's a chance you'd end up on P. There's zero chance you'd end up as U.

Why are you saying that? If you don't answer this question, of why you believe there's no chance of ending up as the upload, what's the point of writing a single other word in response?

I see no meaningful difference between first and second example. Tell me what the difference is that makes you believe that there's no chance I'll end up as version U.

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