On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
> >> I predict that the H-guy will see Helsinki, unless you destroy him > immediately after duplication > > > That is indeed the case in the step 3 protocol. > Fine, then currently nobody is seeing Helsinki. > >> in which case the H-guy will see absolutely nothing. > > > Then the H-person dies already at step 1 and 0. > It's just a matter of arbitrary definitions. Is the H-person the guy currently seeing Helsinki or is he not? If he is and nobody is currently seeing Helsinki then the Helsinki Man no longer exists and the correct prediction of what the Helsinki man would see would be oblivion. However if the Helsinki man is anybody who remembers being the Helsinki Man (a more useful definition in my opinion) then BOTH the Moscow Man and the Washington Man are the Helsinki Man and therefore the correct prediction about what the Helsinki Man would see would have been Moscow AND Washington. > Incidentally, this contradicts the fact that you have already agreed that > both the W-person and the M-person are genuinely the H-person. > As I say it all depends on what definition "H-person" has. > You assume comp > I don't assume it, I can't assume what I don't understand and your little homemade term "comp" is nonstandard and is used on this list and nowhere else. I know what "computationalism" means but "comp" remains as big a mystery as all those vague personal pronouns, shifting definitions and peepee floating around. John K Clark -- 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.
