On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:38 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/22/2013 1:09 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > > If it's simply a set of experiences, then it can't "choose to simulate" >> anything. >> >> > > The mind has the tools available to generate any experience it wants, > somewhat like a lucid dream but one where you exercise complete control > over everything in that dream and thus can steer it wherever you want it to > go. > > > Again that falls into inconsistency. WHO is exercising complete control?? > I don't see what you find inconsistent about controlling our future experiences. You decide to get make cup of coffee in the morning, and a few experiences later you are drinking a cup of coffee. A super-intelligent machine with access to the appropriate technology is just putting into practice self-determination to the extreme. > If a person is a sequence of exepriences, there is no "who". > > Why isn't there a who? Isn't the who the person? Jason -- 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.
