On 21 June 2014 07:45, John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 8:53 PM, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > So if you ask Helsinki-man what he expects to see when he steps out of >> the matter transmitter >> > > At that point its no longer the Helsinki Man, the things seen after he > steps out of the matter transmitter booth will transform the Helsinki Man > into the Moscow Man AND the Washington Man. > > > he says "Well, I'll see both, of course, because I'll be duplicated!" >> > > Yes. > > > that doesn't actually alter the logic of the argument, which is only >> concerned with what he reports in his diary. >> > > He? 3 people are keeping a diary, one writes "I'm still here in Helsinki > and nothing has happened, maybe the matter transmitting machine broke > down". Another writes in his diary "I'm in Moscow and it's dark and > snowing". And the third writes in his diary "I'm in Washington and it's > bright and sunny". So which one is Mr. He? > > They all are, surely?
(Actually I think it's step 4 where the original doesn't get destroyed.) -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
