On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:54 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The experiment requires that you place yourself in the place of someone >> about to be duplicated and ask yourself what you expect to experience after >> that duplication. >> > > Various people expect all sorts of screwy things, often they are > absolutely certain of it and sometimes they even turn out to be correct, > but as I've said before what "you" expect to experience is irrelevant in > this matter, what "you" do experience is not. And that can only be > determined by remembering the past not by predicting the future. > > Just as I expected, you ignore all these questions which highlight your error: Are you familiar with the quantum suicide thought experiment? ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_suicide_and_immortality ) Do you > understand how the predicted outcome of the experiment differs depending on > whether you are the experimenter or you are the experimenter's assistant? > Jason -- 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.
