2012/2/23 Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> > On Feb 23, 1:09 am, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The "yes doctor" scenario considers the belief that if you are issued > > with a computerised brain you will feel just the same. It's equivalent > > to the "yes barber" scenario: that if you receive a haircut you will > > feel just the same, and not become a zombie or otherwise radically > > different being. > > That is one reason why it's a loaded question.
It's not a question... but a starting hypothesis... Consider something true and then either shows a contradiction or not (if you find a contradiction starting from the assumption that the hypothesis is true... then you've disproved the hypothesis). But as usual you cannot grasp basic logic. You have to past the hypothesis to discuss it and eventually find or not a contradiction... stopping at the hypothesis, will let you stuck... you can discuss it for an infinite time it won't help. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_proof#Proof_by_contradiction > It equates having your > brain surgically replaced with getting a haircut. It's the way that it > does it that's fishy though. It's more equivalent to saying 'In a > world where having haircuts is ordinary, are you afraid of having a > haircut.'. or more accurately, 'In a world where arithmetic is true, > are arithmetic truths your truths.' > > Craig > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
