Have you tried reading Tegmark's paper? It's simpler if everything exists. I am happy trying to explain what exists, not what I speculate may exist. Have fun, though, Brent. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brent Meeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 6:49 PM Subject: Re: Transporter Paradox
> On 17-Mar-01, James Higgo wrote: > > Bravo, George. This is a derivation of Liebnitz's point. > > > > How many more ingenious 'solutions' will there be to the paradoxes > > that belief in a 'first person' leads to? Quite a few I imagine, as > > nobody can countenance for a split-second that they don't exist as a > > 'person'. They absolutely insist on assuming a whole world of > > remembered experience of which they have no direct knowledge. It seems > > we are hard-wired not to hear the question, not to allow ourselves to > > doubt our souls for a moment. > > Of course we are hard-wired to perceive the passage of time, > three-dimensional space, and the pleasure of sex. Physics and Darwin > provide explanations of this. What's your explanation?...oh, never > mind, I know..."It just is." > > Brent Meeker > >
