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   From: vallor@cultnix.org   
      
   First, the obquote:   
      
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   In quantum mechanics, quantum suicide is a thought experiment, originally   
   published independently by Hans Moravec in 1987[1][2] and Bruno Marchal   
   in 1988[3][4] and independently developed further by Max Tegmark in 1998.   
   [5] It attempts to distinguish between the Copenhagen interpretation of   
   quantum mechanics and the Everett many-worlds interpretation by means of   
   a variation of the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, from the cat's   
   point of view. Quantum immortality refers to the subjective experience of   
   surviving quantum suicide regardless of the odds.[6]   
      
   Keith Lynch recalls that Hugh Everett took great delight in paradoxes   
   such as the unexpected hanging. Everett did not mention quantum suicide   
   or quantum immortality in writing, but his work was intended as a   
   solution to the paradoxes of quantum mechanics. Lynch said "Everett   
   firmly believed that his many-worlds theory guaranteed him immortality:   
   his consciousness, he argued, is bound at each branching to follow   
   whatever path does not lead to death";[7] Tegmark explains, however, that   
   life and death situations do not normally hinge upon a sequence of binary   
   quantum events like those in the thought experiment.[6]   
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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_suicide_and_immortality   
      
   So consider that for a second, this "quantum immortality" -- the idea is   
   that we don't experience our own death, but instead, our consciousness   
   always branches toward living longer.   
      
   I propose an addition to the concept:  that as the chances of living   
   become more and more improbable, the world you live in becomes more and   
   more improbable.   
      
   I've had a few close calls in my life -- and coincidentally, I'm posting   
   this article from a world where Donald John Trump is president.   
      
   Ain't that some crazy sh*t.   
      
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