At the scale of QM and quantum physics, there is no unconscious mind as distinct from conscious mind - there are only particles, fields, and forces. That's it. There's precisely nothing about the conscious mind that would inform the physics of the universe/multiverse to do something different from the unconscious. You're chasing shadows.
Further, dust theory strikes me as a possible map of reality, much like timeless QM and copenhagen interpretations are also maps - but ultimately, they aren't the territory. Nobody gets upset because it's possible to count natural numbers out of order; being upset because "oh noes the states of the universe might be out of order" is equally pointless.
There's precisely nothing about the conscious mind that would inform the physics of the universe/multiverse to do something different from the unconscious.
No, my mind generates my subjective reality. Or 'directs' me to it.
Too many people have not read Permutation City.
Nobody gets upset because it's possible to count natural numbers out of order; being upset because "oh noes the states of the universe might be out of order" is equally pointless.
I find the universe-jumping upsetting because I don't want to leave my current universe. I'm awar...
Dust theory implies that everything outside of my perception is in flux. Your experiences have to find themselves in a world in which they could have conceivably formed. Of course, you exist in every possible world which would produce that mindstate, but some are 'vaster' than others, leading you down the most probable courses.
Suppose that going to sleep or losing grasp of your surroundings opens a wider space of worlds you could exist in, which jumps you into another reality along with consistent memories of it. I can't figure out if this would be the case, or if my consciousness would most likely just dissolve, with only those beating trillion-to-one odds waking up in the morning. Or maybe my pool of 'experience' stays active when I sleep, even if I'm not aware of it. Either way (though I think Dust Theory is probably false) I'm afraid to go to sleep anymore.
I also do not understand the argument being made here: http://lesswrong.com/lw/1jm/getting_over_dust_theory/. Can someone explain to me please?
I posted these questions on other threads but I didn't get many answers. Sorry.
EDIT: Look, the first question boils down to: does my unconscious mind affect my measure? If so, than it isn't much different from being awake. If not, then all my problems seem to apply.
It occurs to me that not only would signing up for cryonics and then killing yourself before you could sleep is rational under these circumstances, but that the death of the universe can be escaped by simply rearranging your mind to believe it is in a universe where eternal life is possible, then ceasing its activity.