2013/9/27 John Clark <[email protected]> > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I do remember a conversation you had with Bruno about 5 years ago when >> you were discussing what a man in Helsinki would experience when undergoing >> the duplicator experiment. >> > > Yes. > > > > I seem to recall you thought the man would experience being in both >> places at once, > > > No, that is NOT what I said! I said that if Russell Standish were > duplicated then Russell Standish would be in Moscow and Washington. >
This is only true from the POV of an external observer which is not Russell Standish... both Russell will only feel from their *own* POV to be in one and only one place (either washington or moscow)... I know you'll still hand wave that, but that's the *main* point. Quentin > I also said the vague and sloppy use of words like "you"and "he" and "I" > and "the man" is at the root of Bruno's intense confusion, and apparently > yours as well. > > > which does violence to the notion of "survival after copying" >> assumption of COMP. >> > > Bullshit. And this beautifully illustrates why I am reluctant to go back > to square one and list all the blunders Bruno made in just the first few > pages that I read, I have already written about 6.02*10^23 posts that > covers the subjects in this post and most are in far far greater detail. I > have come to the conclusion that logical arguments will not convince > anybody if it is their policy to first decide what they want to believe and > only then look for evidence to support it. > > John K Clark > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
