On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 10:01:49AM -0700, Brent Meeker wrote: > I think Russell is just saying we take it as an added > axiom/assumption that the duplicated brain/bodies must have separate > consciousnesses at least as soon as they have different perceptions. > This is exactly what you would predict from supposing that > consciousness is a product of physical processes in the brain - > something that is supported by lots and lots of evidence. > > I don't think this does much to invalidate Bruno's argument. He > just wants to show that the physical is derivative, not that it's > irrelevant. > > Brent
Physicality in the thought experiment seems like a red herring to me. We can just as easily consider running the duplicated consciousnesses in virtual reality simulators of the two cities. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Senior Research Fellow [email protected] Economics, Kingston University http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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.
