emhs comments on Timeless Control - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 20 March 2014 10:46:15PM -2 points [-]

A system with fixed deterministic rules and known initial conditions has an outcome that can be predicted. OTOH, the rules of QM are as fixed--unchanging--as you like, but do not allow definite prediction of experience.

We don't know anything about FW, including whether it is determined by the environment.

Comment author: emhs 10 September 2014 07:56:00AM 1 point [-]

You can predict experiences quite reliably in aggregate. You can determine the percentages of you which will have experience A or B. The only uncertainty is which aspect of the amplitude flow you'll feel like you're in.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 10 September 2014 01:22:31PM *  -2 points [-]

MWI doesn't just allow you to predict in ways that are of no practical use , it's "deterministic" in ways that are of no practical use.