I’ve been thinking about this stuff as well. I have this concept/framework of ‘epistemic realms’ that I’m working on in order to make sense of these different worlds and how they interact with each other and morality; I think it’ll prove to be useful for these questions. Still a work in progress, though.
Regarding “is it probable?”, I’ll throw out some things out here that could lead to answers: 1. The existence [or non-existence of?] zero valence conscious experience. 2. How do anthropic arguments interact with further moral worlds?
3. How many qualitative world gaps do we ‘know’ exist already? a. If there is no qualitative gap between the physical world and the world of consciousness, we shouldn’t expect a futher world that’s qualitatively different. b If there is one qualitative gap, maybe there’s exactly one? c. If there are two gaps… seems like there might as well be many? e.. [Maybe replace ‘qualitative gap’ with a different concept here?]
4. Can we infer that we’re embedded in a ‘bigger’ world than what we have access to? a. Think Flatland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland b. [How] Can we use Flatland as an analogy to the worlds you’re talking about? c. We can ask this question in the specific sense, i.e. “can *I* infer that I’m embedded in a bigger world?” d. We can ask this question in the general sense and even make it an existence question, i.e. “can we come up with a structure of worlds in which the inhabitants of one world can and do infer [definitively know?] that they are embedded within a bigger world?”
5. How do the different worlds interact? a. This is what I’m kind of working on with the epistemic realms thing I mentioned earlier.
I’ve been thinking about this stuff as well. I have this concept/framework of ‘epistemic realms’ that I’m working on in order to make sense of these different worlds and how they interact with each other and morality; I think it’ll prove to be useful for these questions. Still a work in progress, though.
Regarding “is it probable?”, I’ll throw out some things out here that could lead to answers:
1. The existence [or non-existence of?] zero valence conscious experience.
2. How do anthropic arguments interact with further moral worlds?
3. How many qualitative world gaps do we ‘know’ exist already?
a. If there is no qualitative gap between the physical world and the world of consciousness, we shouldn’t expect a futher world that’s qualitatively different.
b If there is one qualitative gap, maybe there’s exactly one?
c. If there are two gaps… seems like there might as well be many?
e.. [Maybe replace ‘qualitative gap’ with a different concept here?]
4. Can we infer that we’re embedded in a ‘bigger’ world than what we have access to?
a. Think Flatland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland
b. [How] Can we use Flatland as an analogy to the worlds you’re talking about?
c. We can ask this question in the specific sense, i.e. “can *I* infer that I’m embedded in a bigger world?”
d. We can ask this question in the general sense and even make it an existence question, i.e. “can we come up with a structure of worlds in which the inhabitants of one world can and do infer [definitively know?] that they are embedded within a bigger world?”
5. How do the different worlds interact?
a. This is what I’m kind of working on with the epistemic realms thing I mentioned earlier.