That's true, for the one that survived it would be remarkably unlikely, a telling experiment. That doesn't mean that he'll be identically continuous with you (i.e. be you in an identity sense), you'll almost certainly be one of the 20^60 to have died.
That is, unless you specifically stipulate that you're assuming that the universe can only go forward to one where you're alive. Which is just solipsism and doesnt need a many worlds theory. If you assume that it's inconsistent that you can move forward into a universe where you're not alive, you've just stated "I cannot die" regardless of whether there are many future universes, or only one.
I think this weird problem arises purely from human inability to concieve of our own non-existence.
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Date: 2009-01-20 12:58 pm (UTC)That is, unless you specifically stipulate that you're assuming that the universe can only go forward to one where you're alive. Which is just solipsism and doesnt need a many worlds theory. If you assume that it's inconsistent that you can move forward into a universe where you're not alive, you've just stated "I cannot die" regardless of whether there are many future universes, or only one.
I think this weird problem arises purely from human inability to concieve of our own non-existence.