On 14 August 2015 at 06:28, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> >>> if that definition of "you" is used then the question "What one and >>> only one city did you end up seeing?" has no answer because it is not a >>> question at all, it is just a sequence of ASCII characters the last of >>> which happens to be a question mark. >>> >> >> >> > >> You might argue that it is false, >> > > If it's a question how can it be false? And if it is a question what is > the answer? >
The answer that you saw one and only one city is false if there are multiple versions of "you". > >> but not that it is meaningless. >> > > I have 2 cupcakes one red and one blue, what is *the* one color of *the* > one and only cupcake that I have? That is another example of something that > is not a question but is just a sequence of ASCII characters the last of > which is a question mark. > The question is if there are two versions of you, one with a red cupcake and one with a blue cupcake, which cupcake will you see? The nature of our minds is such that, even if we know as a matter of fact that there are multiple versions of us, it seems that there is only one version. > > >> Each observer moment believes they are a unique individual with a unique >> past and a unique future. >> > > People can believe all sorts of foolish things, but if a person enters a > person duplicating machine that person will still have a unique past but > will NOT have a unique future. Yes that is odd, but odd things happen when > a person is duplicated. > And both versions of that duplicated person - even if it's John Clark, who knows very well the facts of the matter - will feel that they are the unique continuation of the original. It's a question about psychology, not physics. -- 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.
