https://micro.cornell.edu/research/epulopiscium/binary-fission-and-other-forms-reproduction-bacteria I wonder how bacteria the world over feel after being replicated, or for that matter amoeba and other creatures which replicate naturally?
Samiya > On 22-Jun-2015, at 11:35 am, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote: > > John Clark wrote: >> After they diverge they will still both identify with the same person, John >> Clark, HOWEVER they no longer will identify with each other, and both would >> consider their life to be more important than that other fellow who happened >> to have the same name. Before they diverged things would be very different, >> there would be no other fellow, there would only be one. > > That is an eminently sensible statement. It accords well with the "closest > continuer" theory of personal identity. According to that theory, if there is > a tie for being the *closest* continuer, as in this case, the initial person > does not continue, but two new persons are created. If the duplicate is > identical to the original in every respect, there is only one person -- > identity of indiscernibles and all that. JC is correct, there would be no > 'other fellow'. > > Once the copy diverges from the original, there are two different (new) > persons. They may share some memories, but so what? People often share > memories. Neither is the original person. > > Bruce > > -- > 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. -- 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.
