The more I think about the subjective expectation question the more meaningless it becomes. I'm not asking if a future person is physically or psychologically like me, I know the answer to that. In fact, even if I knew every physical fact about a body and had a complete knowledge of the neural correlates of consciousness I still wouldn't know if it was realizing my consciousness or a consciousness that is merely precisely like mine. This question of whether a past or future experience did or will belong to me is distinctly extraphysical.
On Thursday, May 15, 2014, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 May 2014 15:32, meekerdb > <[email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > > wrote: > >> On 5/15/2014 6:06 PM, LizR wrote: >> >> On 16 May 2014 13:02, Russell Standish >> <[email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> > wrote: >> >>> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:10:20PM +1200, LizR wrote: >>> > >>> > I don't think we replace our brain cells, but even if we do, isn't the >>> fact >>> > > that they are replaced and the replacements are functionally similar >>> > > important to who we are? >>> > > >>> > > We do, apparently. >>> > >>> http://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2012/feb/23/brain-new-cells-adult-neurogenesis >>> > >>> > (I know I could do with some new ones ... or do I mean "neurones" ?) >>> > >>> >>> I think that is more about brain repair, than material replacement in >>> cells, and only involves a few percent of neurons. >>> >>> It turns out the carbon atoms in the DNA of neural cells is remarkable >>> long lived, as chronicled via the radiation spike due to atmospheric >>> nuclear weapons testing in 50s & 60s. I don't have a cite on hand, >>> but the result is that your neuronal DNA is on average about two years >>> younger than your own age. For most other cell types, the average age >>> is around 7 years, or something like that. >>> >> >> So physical continuity may be important, in which case it's possible >> "yes doctor" is a bad bet. >> >> It's all relative. If the alternative is dying of liver cancer it might >> still be a good bet. >> > > If physical continuity is important, these aren't alternatives. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/S5Qi3Q_2TTI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','everything-list%[email protected]');> > . > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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.
