On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >> If infinite precision is required then you become a new person every >> time you take a sip of coffee, in fact you become a new person every time a >> gas molecule from the atmosphere slams into your body, and that's about >> 6.02*10^23 times every nanosecond. >> > > > That does not follow as every change is causaly linked > Assuming it's not random every change in you body is causally linked, both in Bruno's duplicating machine and right now as you sit in your chair reading this; it's exactly the same situation. So if Bruno's machine needs to be perfect or it won't be you then your chair needs to be perfect too or those 6.02*10^23 collisions of gas molecules are going to turn you into a different person every nanosecond. > it could take infinite precision to have you, a copy not done with that > precision would think it is you while it's not > And maybe even though you remember being Quentin Anciaux yesterday you're not *really* Quentin Anciaux. Personally I don't care if I'm *really* the same John Clark as the John Clark of yesterday, I think I am and that's good enough for me. > computationalism is not about *matter* but about computation, the word is not even in your definition. So your definition of computationalism is that it's about computation. Well..., I certainly can't say you're wrong about that but it's not very useful now is it. And it's true, I try hard not to use the word "computation" in defining computationalism. > you're just dodging with BS... that's why you're a troll. > Oh dear, every time I think that at long last you're becoming potty trained you go and shit on the floor. 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 [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.
