On 16 February 2014 17:48, Craig Weinberg <whatsons...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ah, but then you would be faced with the questions posed by the UDA/MWI >> arguments, because there would then be two conscious "originals" who >> claimed equal possession of the same history to that point. That is all you >> need for the duplication arguments to go through. >> > > They would each be their own originals, not the same original. In > identical twin is as identical as identical can be. > You are blatantly ignoring the challenge this presents to your contention that a conscious person cannot be duplicated in principle, by quibbling over the meaning of copy and original. If Craig were the person duplicated (whilst asleep, say) and there were then two originals (A and B) each of whom laid claim to being Craig with the same history, how would you know whether you were A or B? David -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.