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Heighn comments on If MWI is correct, should we expect to experience Quantum Torment? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Heighn 05 March 2014 07:11:45PM *  0 points [-]

I was thinking about this post and thought up the following experiment. Suppose, by some quantum mechanism, Bob has a 50% probability of falling asleep for the next 8 hours and a 50% probability of staying awake for the next 8 hours. By the same logic as QI, should Bob expect (with 100% certainty) to be awake after 2 hours, since he cannot observe himself being asleep? I would say no. But then, doesn't QI fail as a result?