Target: Tegmark Mathematical Universe
"Lee Corbin" <[email protected]> Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:56:41 -0700
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Smitra writes
> [Lee wrote]
> > “equivalent” to an actual small cat undergoing
> > terrible suffering. Then on moral grounds,
> > wouldn’t we object to someone using his
> > computer o run that program? In particular,
> > let’s say that the program executes 10 million
> > instructions per second, and that, say, it takes
> > 10 seconds to run the program. (Thus the
> > software kitten lives at 1/5 the rate we do.)
> The laws of physics put some limits on this thought
> experiments. The information used in running the
> simulation of the kitten has to come from somewhere.
> If we take this into account, the Mathematical
> Multiverse will become a lot more plausible.
There are many confusing aspects to such
thought experiments, let me be the first to
admit. For now, I suggest we leave MWI out
of it, until other aspects become clearer.
Do you consider it *possible* for brain science
to make such tremendous advances in the next
centuries that uploading a worm, an insect, or
a mammal might occur?
If it does become possible, then this question
will become pertinent: is uploading a pet that
is painfully dying of cancer moral?
Lee
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<p>Smitra writes<br>
<br>
> [Lee wrote]<br>
> > =E2=80=9Cequivalent=E2=80=9D to an actual small cat undergoing<br=
>
> > terrible suffering. Then on moral grounds,<br>
> > wouldn=E2=80=99t we object to someone using his<br>
> > computer o run that program? In particular,<br>
> > let=E2=80=99s say that the program executes 10 million<br>
> > instructions per second, and that, say, it takes<br>
> > 10 seconds to run the program. (Thus the<br>
> > software kitten lives at 1/5 the rate we do.)<br>
<br>
> The laws of physics put some limits on this thought<br>
> experiments. The information used in running the<br>
> simulation of the kitten has to come from somewhere.<br>
> If we take this into account, the Mathematical<br>
> Multiverse will become a lot more plausible.<br>
<br>
There are many confusing aspects to such<br>
thought experiments, let me be the first to<br>
admit. For now, I suggest we leave MWI out<br>
of it, until other aspects become clearer.<br>
<br>
Do you consider it *possible* for brain science<br>
to make such tremendous advances in the next<br>
centuries that uploading a worm, an insect, or<br>
a mammal might occur?<br>
<br>
If it does become possible, then this question<br>
will become pertinent: is uploading a pet that<br>
is painfully dying of cancer moral?<br>
<br>
Lee<br>
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