Every decision rule we could use will result in some amount of suffering and death in some Everett branches, possible worlds, etc, so we have to use numbers and proportions. There are more and simpler interpretations of a human brain as a mind than there are such interpretations of a rock. If we’re not mostly Boltzmann-brain interpretations of rocks that seems like an avenue worth pursuing.
Daniel,
Every decision rule we could use will result in some amount of suffering and death in some Everett branches, possible worlds, etc, so we have to use numbers and proportions. There are more and simpler interpretations of a human brain as a mind than there are such interpretations of a rock. If we’re not mostly Boltzmann-brain interpretations of rocks that seems like an avenue worth pursuing.