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cousin_it comments on Identity and Death - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: Tenoke 18 February 2014 11:35AM

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Comment author: cousin_it 19 February 2014 01:18:57PM *  1 point [-]

Just a nitpick, you don't need many-worlds to have branching. Even in a classical world, if it's large enough, there will be creatures with identical memories but different futures.

Comment author: torekp 19 February 2014 10:17:51PM *  0 points [-]

Right, as long as you don't require causal connection for branching. To my mind "branching" suggests a causal connection, but the OP favors a pattern identity theory, so causal connection may be irrelevant.