[Eliezer says:] And if you’re planning to play the lottery, don’t think you might win this time. A vanishingly small fraction of you wins, every time.
I think this is, strictly speaking, not true.
A more extreme example:
While recently talking with a friend, he asserted that “In one of the future worlds, I might jump up in a minute and run out onto the street, screaming loudly!”.
I said: “Yes, maybe, but only if you are already strongly predisposed to do so. MWI means that every possible future exists, not every arbitrary imaginable future.”.
Although your assertion in the case about lottery is much weaker, I don’t believe it’s strictly true.
I think this is, strictly speaking, not true. A more extreme example: While recently talking with a friend, he asserted that “In one of the future worlds, I might jump up in a minute and run out onto the street, screaming loudly!”. I said: “Yes, maybe, but only if you are already strongly predisposed to do so. MWI means that every possible future exists, not every arbitrary imaginable future.”. Although your assertion in the case about lottery is much weaker, I don’t believe it’s strictly true.