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JoshuaZ comments on Help: Is there a quick and dirty way to explain quantum immortality? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 21 October 2010 04:02:36AM 1 point [-]

I'm curious, is your goal to maximizes the number of paper clips in a single part of the wavefunction or maximize the number across the entire wavefunction? If the first, you should use this strategy also.

Comment author: Clippy 21 October 2010 01:27:09PM 1 point [-]

My goals imply that I should maximize the second, of course.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 21 October 2010 02:22:41PM 3 points [-]

Why is that an "of course"?

Comment author: Clippy 26 October 2010 07:30:51PM 6 points [-]

Because it's obvious. Why is it obvious? Because I want to maximize the number of paperclips really existing in the universe, not the ones I directly observe existing -- so I can't just care about the paperclips in the branch that I will eventually experience decohering to.

Isn't it obivious?

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