[ExI] Everett worlds

Dylan Distasio interzone at gmail.com
Sun Aug 16 14:58:18 UTC 2020


I'm not sure I understand this concept, care to elaborate?

On Sun, Aug 16, 2020, 10:57 AM Will Steinberg via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> There is a third option which I think is related to what Giulio is
> suggesting: the volition would take place at the beginning of the universe
> and apply to everything within, so the universe would be 'chosen' freely
>
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 10:20 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 10:05 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Others dislike Everett’s fully deterministic QM because it leaves no
>>> room for free will.
>>>
>>
>> There is no room for free will with any interpretation of quantum
>> mechanics, or in classical mechanics, or in anything, because the idea of
>> free will just makes no sense. Something either happens because of cause
>> and effect or it doesn't happen because of cause-and-effect (aka it's
>> random) and free will fans would not be happy with either. And so I fear
>> free will fans are destined to be unhappy.
>>
>>  John K Clark
>>
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