2008/11/1 Brent Meeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Well if I'm Kory or Bruno, I'm not me... > You distorted my hypothetical. Could you not still be you and simply > have the mistaken notion that your name is "Kory"? If your earliest > childhood memories were replaced by Bruno's, would you cease to exist?
I think I cannot be me without *my* memories... I equate memories and me. If not what is me, if I'm still me without my memories ? >> And if my grandma had b... >> her name would be grandpa. >> >> If consciousness is information and feeling being an 'I' (and also a >> particular 'I') > > I think that is a false intuition. I don't believe that you directly > feel being Quentin Anciaux, it is a memory and an inference made up of > many bits of information. You are not feeling it at every moment, but > only when you think about "Who I am." at which time an appropriate name > and life history comes to mind. > > Brent It is not an intuition, it is an assumption (that can be false, sure)... Is counsciousness information ?.=> yes ? Is this information finite ? (should be... what could be infinite length *information* ?) Regards, Quentin >> is information and indeed a finite length >> information... then one bit of difference and I'm not me... anything >> else but me. >> >> Regards, >> Quentin >> >> > > > > > -- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
