From: Smigrodzki, Rafal (SmigrodzkiR@msx.upmc.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 18 2002 - 15:34:44 MDT
Hal Finney [mailto:hal@finney.org] wrote:
I think the answer is to adopt a position of "compatibilism", where
the workings of our free will are *identified* with the deterministic
physical processes which underly our brain activities.
###Yes!
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In the context of a multiverse model like the MWI, compatibilism means
that our actions can change the probabilities of the various multiverse
worlds. In effect, in seeking to stop harm to others, we reduce the
fraction of worlds in the multiverse where that harm occurs.
### Yes! As I wrote here some time ago, the sheaf of universes with nice
outcomes gets thicker downstream of the right decisions.
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This means that universes created by short programs would plausibly be
much more likely than universes created by long programs, which offers
an explanation of why our universe seems to be creatable by a relatively
short program.
### This is a really cool insight!
Rafal
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