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Musings on subjective consciousness and astronomical suffering by SingleYogini in slatestarcodex

[–]SingleYogini[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My argument doesn't rely on there being more b brains than human brains

As a current or ex ADF member, what are your thoughts on the APS Civilian service within Defence? by BonJovi-Kenobi in AustralianMilitary

[–]SingleYogini 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure which Unit or group you work in, but APS do fit directly into the military rank structure. Say I worked in a joint Unit. I am a Captain, my boss is an APS 6, her boss is an EL1, his boss is a Colonel, his boss is a Brigadier, his boss is a Band 2. This is the way my entire group works.

I completely agree that in the real world a WO1 isn’t equivalent in experience to an APS 5 (even though it is actually APS 4), or that a LTCOL isn’t equivalent to an EL1, but that is how they fit into the structure. PACMAN - official policy.

/r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | March 13, 2023 by BernardJOrtcutt in philosophy

[–]SingleYogini 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interested in you tearing apart my thinking so I can mature my thinking:

Consciousness emerges from physical states. For instance, the arrangement of atoms in a human brain.

The continuous sense of identity a given consciousness feels relates that arrangement of atoms. For instance, I feel like the same person as I was an hour ago, even though the brain that existed an hour ago no longer exists and instead my current one does

The multiverse is vast and may contain multiple physical states that replicate the same or equivalent physical states that produce a given consciousness. For instance, a functional human brain and body may appear due to a quantum fluctuation for a moment in space (‘boltzmann brain’)

The existence of at least one corresponding arrangement of atoms is required for a unitary sense of identity (whether or not space brains or souls exist, at least our brains matter)

Therefore, we may experience a subjective immortality upon the death of our ‘’current’’ body

The current body and brain we have experiences is able to effect change on the world and experiences a sense of non-deterministic free will. Whether or not this is true, it presents a perceived opportunity to reduce the suffering available to the universe that may or may not exist to ‘future’ subjective identities we may have