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shminux comments on Deconstructing the riddle of experience vs. memory - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: michael_b 17 February 2015 03:36PM

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Comment author: shminux 17 February 2015 09:12:44PM 1 point [-]

Another way to think about it: suppose your timeline is forked, and in one fork you go on vacation. That timeline is subsequently terminated, after "the experience" happens. Leaving aside the moral issues of terminating a timeline (say, you have no choice in the matter, laws of physics force it, etc.), would you want the fork to happen? This should be easier to deal with, as it has zero consequences for the other timeline.

Comment author: michael_b 20 February 2015 09:56:16AM *  0 points [-]

Yes? What are the consequences of not letting the fork happen?

Comment author: shminux 20 February 2015 03:48:01PM 1 point [-]

There are no consequences except knowing that there would be no experience you don't remember afterwards, which seems like exactly what you asked.