On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > > when the Helsinki guy is in the two cities, BOTH feels to be in once place. >
Yes, and one place plus one place equals two places. > > > You interpret like if we were asking where the first person experience are > from a third person point of view, in which case you would be correct > I don't even know what a first person experience from a third person point of view is. > >> > Then "he" will see BOTH cities! End of story. > > > > > In the eyes of God, but the question is asked about what he, the guy in > helsinki, will feel, > Today the guy in Helsinki feels like the guy in Helsinki, tomorrow the guy in Helsinki means whoever remembers being the guy in Helsinki yesterday, and you said there are now 2 people who remember that, and they are in different cities. So if 2 cities is not the correct answer to the question "how many cities will the guy in Helsinki see?" you're going to need to change the meaning of "the guy in Helsinki". > > > and children already get the point > Professional logicians are supposed to be more rigorous in their use of logic than children, but you are not. > > >>> >> >>> after duplication he (both "he") will see only one city. >> >> > >> > SO WHAT? > > Each "he" will see one, both will see 2, > > > > Come on. "Both" is not a person. > Why not? If the Helsinki Man has been duplicated then both is a person, if not then the Helsinki Man has NOT been duplicated. I admit that both being a person is odd, but odd is not the same as logically contradictory. >> >> and you just agreed that "The Helsinki Man" is both, > > > > > But not at once. That's the point you forget to take into account. > There was a delay between the appearance of the Moscow Man and the appearance of the Washington Man? 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.
