“the problem with non-timeless propositions is that they don’t evaluate to the same thing in all possible context
It’s more
“the problem with non-timeless propositions is that they don’t evaluate to the same thing in all possible context AND a change of context can occur in the relevant situation”.
No one knows whether Everett branches are, or what they are. If they are macroscopic things that remain constant over the course of the SB story, they are not a problem....but time still is, because it doesn’t. If branching occurs on coin flips, or smaller scales, then they present the same problem as time indexicals.
Right, so it seems like our disagreement is about whether it is relevant whether the value of a proposition is constant throughout the entire problem setup, or only throughout a single instance of someone reasoning about that setup.
It’s more “the problem with non-timeless propositions is that they don’t evaluate to the same thing in all possible context AND a change of context can occur in the relevant situation”.
No one knows whether Everett branches are, or what they are. If they are macroscopic things that remain constant over the course of the SB story, they are not a problem....but time still is, because it doesn’t. If branching occurs on coin flips, or smaller scales, then they present the same problem as time indexicals.
Right, so it seems like our disagreement is about whether it is relevant whether the value of a proposition is constant throughout the entire problem setup, or only throughout a single instance of someone reasoning about that setup.