X-Message-Number: 9284 Date: Sun, 15 Mar 98 11:46:47 From: Mike Perry <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #9273 - #9282 Concerns have once again been raised about whether our discussions about Turing machines, etc. are proper for the "cryonics" specialty we are supposed to be committed to here. I think these philosophical discussions are important and ought to continue, but if it seems inappropriate for CryoNet perhaps we could open another forum devoted to more general immortalist issues. Bob Ettinger, #9278: > > Mike Perry (#9269) says his impression is that the noncompatibility > of relativity and quantum theory arises from the non-local effects > in quantum theory which allow faster-than-light signalling. That is > not my impression. All of the knowledgeable people I have read agree > that, despite the non-local correlations, ftl signalling is not > possible. > I meant not "signalling" in the sense of true exchange of information, but only an instantaneous correlation of states that *apparently* occurs. In other words, the existence of anything you could call a non-local effect is what constitutes the problem. Again, though, this problem is well-resolved, in this case, by the many-worlds interpretation, if you can accept it. There are other issues I'd like to address, but I'll hold off for now. Do we need that other forum? Endless best, Mike Perry Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9284