Are You the Same Self Tomorrow That You Will Be Yesterday?

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Michael Schillingford: I think there is a self, but it's not fundamental. David Dubrow: In many worlds the apparent collapse of the wave function is no collapse at all. You can explain the seemingly low entropy beginning of our universe by positing a larger system that somehow spawns baby universes and when those expands their entropy increases.

Welcome to the February 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

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