Branches that split off before that don't count.
Maybe I misunderstand the setup. I thought that in this model the state of one's life at 10am is determined by averaging over all the remaining copies in all branches, including those on the alien ship from 9am. As you keep trying to suicide, you fade out of your existence on Earth and into the ship. Did I get the setup it wrong?
As you keep trying to suicide, you fade out of your existence on Earth and into the ship. Did I get the setup it wrong?
Very much so, as far as I understand. Indeed, if it worked the way you suggest, presumably we'd be fading in and out of places all the time as the wavefunction evolves, rather than having a single coherent conscious experience.
[Today, I participated in a conversation about the idea of quantum immortality. I decided to summarise some of the thoughts that came up in this short post. Therefore, it should be viewed as a report on a discussion rather than an attempt at a proper post.]