I suspect whoever used free will as a component in an argument about MWI was somewhat confused. (I made that particular mistake personally, so I probably have a pretty good idea of exactly how.)
I suspect whoever used free will as a component in an argument about MWI was somewhat confused.
I used it, and was confused. I think something fundamental to ethics (maybe free will?) is incompatible with modal realism, and was considering the thought that it’s incompatible for the same reasons with the kind of realism concerning the mathematics of non-relativistic quantum mechanics which produces the MWI. I didn’t make any real headway, but quite a few people said that MWI couldn’t in principle conflict with the possibility of free will because of Egan’s law. I’m here objecting that any interpretation of Egan’s law on which this is a valid argument must be false.
I suspect whoever used free will as a component in an argument about MWI was somewhat confused. (I made that particular mistake personally, so I probably have a pretty good idea of exactly how.)
[Edit] This wasn’t a particularly helpful comment; I’ll refer you here: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Free_will
That seems likely. Free will used as a component of an argument for just about anything is confused.
I used it, and was confused. I think something fundamental to ethics (maybe free will?) is incompatible with modal realism, and was considering the thought that it’s incompatible for the same reasons with the kind of realism concerning the mathematics of non-relativistic quantum mechanics which produces the MWI. I didn’t make any real headway, but quite a few people said that MWI couldn’t in principle conflict with the possibility of free will because of Egan’s law. I’m here objecting that any interpretation of Egan’s law on which this is a valid argument must be false.