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by ALittleLight 2345 days ago
I think assumption 4 is in error.

>There exists a message in the encoding that can extend one's life.

If quantum immortality holds then there is no message which will extend your life because you're already immortal.

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But there must be a mechanism for the immortality shouldn't there be? Let's go back to the gun example quickly. (assuming a perfect gun, no misfires, or lucky non-fatal shots)

If quantum immortality holds and the experiment is run 8 times, you should see the sequence 00000000 right? This is a message too, because it deviates from expectation to shovel you down a reality you can experience. Sort of like Zipf's law where the less likely the result the more information it contains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law#Applications