On 26 April 2015 at 02:19, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >> > that is guaranteed if you can duplicate - or, apparently, just simulate >> > - the quantum state of your body > > > That would be VAST overkill! The quantum state of your body changes about a > hundred thousand million billion trillion times every second of your life, > but subjectively it doesn't cause a loss of personal identity, and in a case > like this subjectivity is far more important than objectivity.
That's right - and you can also undergo far greater changes to your brain than those and still survive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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.
