On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote:
> Actually John Clark "pretends" that half the John Clark's who say "I bet > Quentin Anciaux will see spin up when the electron is measured" will win > the bet. > > > Actually John Clark can say the same thing betting that after duplication > he will find moscow behind the door, > > Yes, after the duplication but before the door of the duplicating chamber is opened John Clark may have a hunch that he (at this point the personal pronoun is not ambiguous because although there are 2 bodies they are identical so there is still just one John Clark) will see Moscow when the door is opened and make a bet. One of the John Clarks will win the bet and one will not; it can never be determined if "he" won the bet because as soon as the door was opened the 2 bodies were no longer identical, they had different memories, so that personal pronoun becomes ambiguous. 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.
