Georges Quénot wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Georges Quenot wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > >>> Georges Quenot wrote: > >>>> If you are a being that have never observed magical events > >>>> any duplicate of you "will" never have observed any magical > >>>> event either (otherwise you would differ and no longer be > >>>> true duplicates). > >>> That doesn't work the other way round. A duplicate of me up to > >>> 16:51 GMT 20 mar 2006 could suddenly start observing them. > >> Your duplicate will know. Not You. And he will no longer > >> be your duplicate. > > > > I am, conventionally, the same person as my previous selves. > > I have their memories. > > No. You may have lost some of them, acquired some new > ones and still share most of them (if the previous self > you consider is not too far in the past). In some sense, > you are the same person and in some sense you are a > different person. > > > My duplicate will have my memories. > > Your duplicate will have the same memories as you. This > is not the same thing. Once your duplicate experience > something different of what you do, his acquired (and > possibly his lost) memories will differ from yours. He > will still share most of your previous common memories > but he will not know your new ones and you will not > know his new ones. If he evenutally encoutered Harry > Potter and you do not, whatever memories you shared > before, you will not share these ones. But he could be writing this posting this message instead of me? Why isn't he ? Because his HP universe is isolated from your universe ? What keeps it isolated.? > > Or are you saying that I am not the same person as my > > previous selves ? > > As I said above, in some sense, you are the same person > and in some sense you are a different person. I feel I > am the same person as I was 25 years ago and meanwhile > I also feel very different. Maybe you also experienced > something similar. If I am the same person as my previous selves, presumably I am the same person as my counterparts. So Mathematical Monism *does* predict that I will witness HP universes -- in a broad sense of "I". --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
