Applied quantum suicide. If we are in a Big World then all we really care about is probabilities
I’ve never taken quantum suicide seriously, even given MWI. You speak of probabilities, but what about measures? How do I gain by ensuring that the vast majority of possible futures do not contain anything resembling me, even if the majority of those that do give me a lottery jackpot? All I’m doing if I blow myself up for failing to win the lottery is erasing the overwhelming majority of my future selves, who if asked would very likely object.
Certainly, if you choose to care about total measure, by all means do so. Personally, I care about subjective experience, and couldn’t give a blast what my total measure throughout the multiverse is (except insofar as it effects the subjective experience of other people).
I’ve never taken quantum suicide seriously, even given MWI. You speak of probabilities, but what about measures? How do I gain by ensuring that the vast majority of possible futures do not contain anything resembling me, even if the majority of those that do give me a lottery jackpot? All I’m doing if I blow myself up for failing to win the lottery is erasing the overwhelming majority of my future selves, who if asked would very likely object.
Certainly, if you choose to care about total measure, by all means do so. Personally, I care about subjective experience, and couldn’t give a blast what my total measure throughout the multiverse is (except insofar as it effects the subjective experience of other people).