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Alexander1304
Skeptic Friend
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 Posted - 03/05/2015 : 08:47:51
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Hello All,
Lately I've reading a lot about many worlds, multiverse and immortality.One peace was the latest work of philosopher David Lewis,"How many lives has Schroedinger Cat?".He states "if there is no collapse,then you will not die,you will go on forever" .
http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/pex/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/lewis.pdf
"As you survive deadly danger over and over again,you should also expect to suffer repeated harms.You should expect to lose your lover,your eyes,your limbs ,your mental powers and health."
"It is not to be welcomed but feared"
Any thoughts? David Lewis is considered to be one of the most prominent philosophers of the 20th century.But maybe it is just theory or speculation abyway?...I became really depressed after reading it
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 03/05/2015 : 08:57:34 [Permalink]
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Don't confuse theory and speculation.
"As you survive deadly danger over and over again,you should also expect to suffer repeated harms.You should expect to lose your lover,your eyes,your limbs ,your mental powers and health."
Sound like utter bullshit, unless he means that losing all those things is what happens to you eventually, if you live long enough as opposed to getting killed by that first deadly danger.
Either way, it doesn't sound that revolutionizing a concept. |
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| Edited by - Dr. Mabuse on 03/05/2015 08:58:15 |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2015 : 09:01:17 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Alexander1304
One peace[sic] was the latest work of philosopher David Lewis,"How many lives has Schroedinger Cat?".He states "if there is no collapse,then you will not die,you will go on forever" .
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Sound like words from a man who clearly doesn't understand the point of "Schrödinger's cat". |
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Alexander1304
Skeptic Friend
75 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2015 : 09:07:43 [Permalink]
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| Thanks for the reply,Dr.Mabuse.Well,theroy can also be speculative :) |
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2015 : 18:36:55 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Alexander1304
...Well,theroy can also be speculative
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Only as a colloquialism. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 03/05/2015 : 20:03:52 [Permalink]
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Lewis loses the plot no later than page 10 or 11. He never seems to consider the case where collapse doesn't require intentionality.
If Lewis were correct, the universe never could have "evolved" beyond pure energy, lacking any intentional beings which might collapse wave functions to create particles. |
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