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Comment author: Unknown 28 April 2008 04:58:05PM 0 points [-]

Nick Bostrom argues that there can be a fractional number of experiences; for example, when the Ebborian divides, there might be a process that proceeds from one conscious experience to two through 1.1 experiences, 1.2, 1.3, and so on. This would fit with the fact that physical things are continuous, and also with the idea that there aren't separate blobs of amplitude. It might also be easier to explain the Born probability rule by allowing such a continuum in the number of experiences.