On 15 May 2014, at 18:13, Dennis Ochei wrote:
Its pretty obvious that the naive notion cannot handle the split
brain thought experiment or ship of theseus. Its also not obvious
that a duplicate would be a new person. There is no such thing as
the original particles, all like particles are indistinguishable.
Furthermore, the replication can be done semiconservatively, where
each of the resultant persons get half the particles of the
original, rendering the question moot. Lastly, whether you are the
original or the replica is a completely epiphenomenal distinction.
It isnt physically meaningful.
So the illusion is persistent, but i can see the seams.
I would not say it is an illusion. It is based on your local
connectedness of your body and memory. It is the motor of what will
make sense in your life, and it makes possible long term project. It
is immaterial, but real, like a number.
Physically meaningful? But a physical reality is also an illusion if
you accept teleportation (see my paper). Your small ego and your
higher self is as much real, even if the little ego identity is
relative. if you suffer from toothache, you will take the medication.
You don't need to see the seams to act for your own better.
Bruno
On Thursday, May 15, 2014, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
On 5/14/2014 11:32 PM, Dennis Ochei wrote:
I'm deeply conflicted. On one had I want the illusion but i also
want to act in accordance with the truth.
Ah, there's your problem. "The truth" is likely unknowable. "The
illusion" is what's knowable - so why denigrate it?
Brent
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