On 21 June 2014 07:45, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 8:53 PM, LizR <[email protected]> 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 [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.
