On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 2:30 AM, Brent Meeker <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > I'm the one person I was a moment ago because I have all the memories of > that person Yes. > > > If duplicating machines are ever invented It's only a matter of time. I'd be amazed if it took less than 10 years and equally amazed if it took more than 100. > > > then we can choose some rough and ready legal definitions. Sure, but if history has taught us anything it's that what the law says and what is true are two entirely different things. > > > But all this discussion of theories of personal identity seems more about > semantics and pronouns. Getting the semantics and pronouns right is the first step, after that the personal identity theory could still be wrong but at least it's a theory and not gibberish. Ptolemy's theory that the Earth was at the center of a nested set of crystalline spheres with the stars and planets painted on them was not gibberish, it made perfect sense, it was just wrong. But some things are so bad they're not even wrong. 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
