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Quantum Immortality

Edited by Halfwit, Vladimir_Nesov last updated 23rd Jun 2013

Quantum immortality is the assertion that the Many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics and pattern identity theory imply immortality or, more aptly, that one should expect one’s subjective experience to persist indefinitely. The basic argument is as follows: No matter how likely you are to die in a given situation, there is always a greater-than-zero percentage of future worlds in which you survive. As one can’t experience nonexistence, you will always experience the life of a “you” that survives, no matter how unlikely such a continuity becomes.

Blog posts

  • Preference For (Many) Future Worlds by wedrifid
  • Cryonics Without Freezers by Yvain

See also

  • Possible world, Everett branch
  • Existential risk
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