@MoralOfStory No branch is hypothetical. If it's possible for someone to create a person, that event will happen, no?
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Replying to @DeityOfReligion
@DeityOfReligion@MoralOfStory This argument just looks exactly analogous to the usual sort of confusion over free will.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AlleleOfGene
@AlleleOfGene@DeityOfReligion I was going to say that last night but I decided to just keep trolling deity instead. Don't hate1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MoralOfStory
@AlleleOfGene@DeityOfReligion actually I think deity knows too and is trolling me :(1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @MoralOfStory
@MoralOfStory@AlleleOfGene Don't understand why free will is relevant to how many people are reachable by many-worlds?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DeityOfReligion
@DeityOfReligion@MoralOfStory It's not, but if we might hope to influence the measure then it's involved there.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AlleleOfGene
@DeityOfReligion@MoralOfStory (Actually what are we talking about? Reachable?? From root? What dilemma was originally being referred to?)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AlleleOfGene
@AlleleOfGene@MoralOfStory Dilemma: can you create a person that wouldn't have been created otherwise in another QM branch?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DeityOfReligion
@DeityOfReligion@MoralOfStory Why should I care if I can create a person? Are we talking in terms of maximizing # of lives?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AlleleOfGene
@AlleleOfGene@MoralOfStory Yes. If everyone deserves a life, it might not matter if everyone already gets a life (Just not in same branch)4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@AlleleOfGene @MoralOfStory Maybe the analogous concern is: should everyone exist in all branches that could conceivably contain them?
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