On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 05:51:49PM -0800, meekerdb @dslextreme.com wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote: > > Exactly (assuming comp). That is even the reason why amnesia can led > > to fusion of first persons. > > And given that there is (or should be) a notion of first person > > plural, with duplication of collection of people, there must be in > > "nature" a similar fusion process, and quantum erasing phenomenon is > > the normal candidate. > > > > Bruno > > > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ <http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/%7Emarchal/> > > > > It is the potential "fusion" that bothers me. It would seem to imply that > after Stathis and I have a simultaneous moment of thinking of nothing our > "closest continuations" might be mixtures, each having some memories > belonging to Stathis and some belonging to me. But this doesn't seem to > occur - which we easily explain in terms of the causal continuity of the > brain. > > Brent >
Perhaps you're not really thinking nothing after all. I have already stated that we must be self-aware to be conscious, otherwise we suffer the Occam catastrophe. The sense of ego would be enough to explain why you don't merge with Stathis. Not being a Silvia user though, I'd like to ask the question - does the ensuing amnensia (whilst remaining conscious) extend to erasure of the ego? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 hpco...@hpcoders.com.au Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-l...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
