On 3/25/2014 6:49 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
I'll put it differently. I propose that, since the matter in your synapses turns over every few minutes, you are not really you a few minutes from now, but merely a copy who thinks you are you. Can you prove if this claim is true or false, and even if you can, does it matter?
And of course unless you're engaging in one of these philosophical discussions, you don't even think about who you are. At the risk of being called a (gasp!) physicalist I could point out that your body is a lot more stable than your conscious thoughts.
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