On 26 March 2014 22:38, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > What would you say does have intrinsic importance? I thought importance was *always* "only psychological" ! (Or have scientists developed an importance-detecting device that I should know about? :) -- 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.
