On 14 August 2015 at 12:45, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 14 Aug 2015, at 12:38 pm, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > 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. > > Maybe the conclusion is that things are not always the way they seem. Of course not - but how things seem is important and worth careful consideration. -- 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.
