On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Stephen P. King <[email protected]>wrote:
On 1/13/2013 3:13 AM, meekerdb wrote: > > >> Nearly all scientists would agree that the material identity is not >>> important to continuity of consciousness. Therefore any time the >>> appropriate instantiation arises, consciousness can continue. In an >>> infinitely large and varied reality (Platonism, QM, infinite hubble volume, >>> or eternal inflation), our patterns continually reappear. >>> >> >> > That would imply that copies of one's soul exist. But John defined >> souls as being impossible to copy. >> > Yes, and that's why I don't think that souls exist; but I do think that the most important part of consciousness, information, exists. John K Clark > Hi, > > I disagree, if we bet on comp there is only one soul, just infinitely > many 'versions' or 'projections' of it. Consciousness is the 1p associated > with the local version, IMHO, unless we allow for 1p that contain > experiences that are mutually contradictory. > > > -- > Onward! > > Stephen > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to > everything-list@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscribe@ > **googlegroups.com <everything-list%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/everything-list?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en> > . > > -- 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.
