You didn’t understand my objection, or perhaps I didn’t communicate it clearly enough: According to MWI the “me” in the present leads to a billion zillion different “me”s in the near future. I’m NOT talking about people who have already branched from me in the past—I’m talking about the future versions of me.
Torello seems to argue that a “me” who has branched through the typical procedures of physics is still a real “me”, but a me who has branched via “uploading” isn’t one.
The “me” traveling through typical physics is a single entity, so it can continue to experience it’s consciousness. The “me(s)” in these many worlds don’t have the continuity to maintain identity.
Think of this: if one actually believed in Many Worlds, and didn’t find any problem with what I’ve stated above, this would be a convincing argument not to do cryonics, because it’s already happening for free, and you can spend the money on entertainment or whatever (minus of course the $500 you owe me for convincing you not to do it ;)
No, I think that the other worlds of MWI don’t/wouldn’t affect our world so continuity/identity in our world wouldn’t change if MSI were true (or suddenly became true).
The break in continuity comes BETWEEN (sorry for caps, can’t italicize) the many worlds, preventing the “me(s” in different worlds from continuity.
You didn’t understand my objection, or perhaps I didn’t communicate it clearly enough: According to MWI the “me” in the present leads to a billion zillion different “me”s in the near future. I’m NOT talking about people who have already branched from me in the past—I’m talking about the future versions of me.
Torello seems to argue that a “me” who has branched through the typical procedures of physics is still a real “me”, but a me who has branched via “uploading” isn’t one.
I don’t see why that should be so.
The “me” traveling through typical physics is a single entity, so it can continue to experience it’s consciousness. The “me(s)” in these many worlds don’t have the continuity to maintain identity.
Think of this: if one actually believed in Many Worlds, and didn’t find any problem with what I’ve stated above, this would be a convincing argument not to do cryonics, because it’s already happening for free, and you can spend the money on entertainment or whatever (minus of course the $500 you owe me for convincing you not to do it ;)
So you believe that people nowadays have continuity that maintain identity only because you don’t believe in MWI?
So if MWI proves true, does this distinction between “copies” and “continuations” become meaningless (according to you)?
No, I think that the other worlds of MWI don’t/wouldn’t affect our world so continuity/identity in our world wouldn’t change if MSI were true (or suddenly became true).
The break in continuity comes BETWEEN (sorry for caps, can’t italicize) the many worlds, preventing the “me(s” in different worlds from continuity.