Oh, one other thing. I know it’s been brought up before, but as far as the agreement theorem, I don’t feel I can safely use it. What I mean is that it seems I don’t understand exactly when it can and cannot be used. Specifically, I know that there’s something I’m missing here, some understanding because I don’t know the correct way to resolve things like agreement theorem vs quantum suicide.
It’s been discussed, but I haven’t seen it resolved, so until I know exactly why agreement theorem does not apply there (or why the apparently straightforward (to me) way of computing the quantum suicide numbers is wrong), I’d personally be really hesitant to use the agreement theorem directly.
The quantum suicide numbers are wrong because of the Born probabilities, and also the fact that consciousness is not an either-or phenomenon. The odds of losing 99% of your consciousness may be sufficiently high that you effectively have no consciousness left. (Also: Have you ever been unconscious? Apparently it is possible for you to find yourself in a universe where you WERE unconscious for a period of time.)
Also, I’ve convinced that Many-Worlds is a dead end and Bohm was right, but I know I’m in the minority on LW.
Oh, one other thing. I know it’s been brought up before, but as far as the agreement theorem, I don’t feel I can safely use it. What I mean is that it seems I don’t understand exactly when it can and cannot be used. Specifically, I know that there’s something I’m missing here, some understanding because I don’t know the correct way to resolve things like agreement theorem vs quantum suicide.
It’s been discussed, but I haven’t seen it resolved, so until I know exactly why agreement theorem does not apply there (or why the apparently straightforward (to me) way of computing the quantum suicide numbers is wrong), I’d personally be really hesitant to use the agreement theorem directly.
The quantum suicide numbers are wrong because of the Born probabilities, and also the fact that consciousness is not an either-or phenomenon. The odds of losing 99% of your consciousness may be sufficiently high that you effectively have no consciousness left. (Also: Have you ever been unconscious? Apparently it is possible for you to find yourself in a universe where you WERE unconscious for a period of time.)
Also, I’ve convinced that Many-Worlds is a dead end and Bohm was right, but I know I’m in the minority on LW.