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Why do I have this long term feeling that I exist in a specific mathematical universe and is absent from all others, or at least represent an unique path distin
by thriftwy 3y ago
Why do I have this long term feeling that I exist in a specific mathematical universe and is absent from all others, or at least represent an unique path distinct from all other paths which I am not?
Who does the feeling part? Who is the audience? When you run simulation there's at least some audience, but in case of math universe there is only archeology, by definition. Mathematical object has no original, only replicas.
- benlivengood 3y agoI think for humans our memory is why we only feel connected to a particular causal timeline of consciousness. For myself I am conscious of the present moment and of my memories and of my imagination. For us to be conscious of our experiences in other universes or timelines we would need a way to know what those experiences are like. In our universe memory is a cheap way of recording what the causal past was like vs. needing to compute/simulate what happens in other timelines with enough accuracy to be as fully conscious of it as we are of our memories.