On 26 March 2014 17:13, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/25/2014 9:57 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > You don't need an *exact* copy, just a good enough copy. If an exact copy > were needed, either at the quantum level or to an infinite number of > decimal places, then we could not survive from one moment to the next, > since in a very small period there are quite gross physical changes in our > bodies. > > > > My point exactly - We DON'T survive moment to moment except in rough > approximation and so as we deteriorate in old age we may come to > approximate topsoil. The question is, why should conscious continuity > preserve "us" while physical continuity doesn't count? Is it just our ego > that says consciouness should be preserved - no matter how much it changes? >
Physical continuity is important only insofar as it leads to psychological continuity. Psychological continuity is important because we are programmed to think it is; it has no intrinsic importance. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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/d/optout.
