On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> But there is nothing in the laws of physics to prevent somebody else >> from having those exact same memories. > > > > > At the level of macroscopic bodies there is. The somebody else can't > occupy the same place at the same time > A beam of light can. And in a macroscopic superfluid like liquid helium the quantum state and identity of the individual atoms in it have merged into one. > > and so must have a different perspective on all events > You and your identical copy are 10 feet apart looking directly at each other and both of you are 5 feet from the center of a spherically symmetrical room. You are in different positions but your perspectives are identical. > > Could there be such a person who had false memories and perceptions > exactly matching yours? > Yes but the memories aren't false, Brent Meeker actually did exactly what you remember Brent Meeker doing. So you are Brent Meeker . > > > There's no physical process whereby exactly the same information could > come to him independently of you. > Brent Meeker 's memories are what makes Brent Meeker Brent Meeker , so Brent Meeker 's memories can only come from Brent Meeker . 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
