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Algernoq comments on timeless quantum immortality - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: Algernoq 06 December 2015 04:14AM

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Comment author: Algernoq 06 December 2015 05:10:25AM *  1 point [-]

This distinction is irrelevant to the main point: I expect to experience living forever without experiencing unusual luck. This is true regardless of whether MWi-QI or Tegmark's MU theory is more accurate.

Comment author: ike 06 December 2015 11:25:00AM 1 point [-]

The specific example is wrong in mere MWI, as is some of the comments here.

If we fix the physical laws as constant, and merely vary over the wave function, it's not clear how "unlucky" worlds are more likely, or what a lucky world would look like. I think you should change the reference from mwi to mu, or else explicitly analyze both.