[extropy-chat] Death

[Dirk Bruere]

Samantha Atkins wrote:

> What says the "4D wordline" is infinitely extended in the  time 
> dimension?
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It doesn't have to be, any more than my height has to be infinitely 
extended.
Although in the MWI of QM there will be worldlines infinitely extended.

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Dirk

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> On 6/21/05, Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
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>> Keith Henson wrote:
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>>> At 12:50 PM 14/06/05 -0700, you wrote:
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>>>> Some of you know that I have been caregiver to my long term friend
>>>> and roommate Michael who was terminally ill.  This morning he died.
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>>>> It was  like a switch simply turned off.
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>>> In my view humans have spirits, that's what we interact with.  So do
>>> dogs and cats.  So do computers running an OS on them.  Where does the
>>> spirit of the OS go when you turn off the power?  It is just *gone.*
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>> A spirit, or soul, is an information construct.
>> As for where it goes, it need not go anywhere since it has at least a 4D
>> worldline (or tree if you're into MWI of QM).
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>> Dirk
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