On Wednesday, June 17, 2015, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > >> We're talking about multiple (probably infinite) copying and branching, >> so who the hell is "you"? >> > > > "You" are the person reading this sentence > > > OK, but then it would be meaningless to talk about what "you" will do > tomorrow because "you" will not be reading that sentence tomorrow. So if > Stathis Papaioannou wants to talk about the future Stathis Papaioannou if > going to need a better definition of continuity; John Clark thinks a good > one would be the person (or people) who remember reading that sentence > right then, and in Many Worlds that would be lots and lots of people. > There is an illusion that I am a unique individual persisting through time, even if I know that there will be multiple versions of me in future. I hope that I will become one of the versions with good experiences rather than bad experiences. You can tell me not to have the illusion. -- 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.
