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How seriously is Quantum Immortality taken?

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How seriously is Quantum Immortality taken?

QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works to

Ask ScienceEnglish · 5 days ago

On a scale from pseudoscience to Hard Science how seriously is Quantum Immortality taken by people who Quantum for a living?

Was mainly wondering because I see it being promoted by things like Kurzesgtat (I know I butchered that) and other popular Science promoters.

Yet anytime I see anyone, even Roger Penrose himself, supposit that mind is any way connected to Quantum phenomenon it is attacked mercilessly and rushed out of the room like a crazed bloodied up goat that somehow snuck into a nursery.

So I am a little confused. By what mechanism would Quantum Immortality even work if science is so sure there is nothing like a soul jumping timelines?

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Not at all. Yes, there are a few such as Penrose and Josephson who have dabbled in this nonsense, but very few in the community take it seriously.
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  Why do very few in the community take it seriously?
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    Because empirical evidence is lacking.
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  I thought Penrose wasn’t a many worlds fan?

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