On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 5:46 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> that other fellow over there has the exact same memories as you do, so >> which one is you? > > > > > In the 3p description, obviously, both are you > In any description as far as I can tell. > > In the 1p description, both feel to be only one among the two, > Then " the 1p description " cannot distinguish between the two. Therefore it is not a description at all. Therefore it is a useless dead end and a complete waste of time. > > > as both confirm. > All they confirm is that they are both you. The trouble with "the 1-p description" is that there is no description in "the 1-p description". >> >> >> wouldn't that diary also be duplicated? > > > > > Exactly. That *is* the key point. They are duplicated, but each > reconstituted person has, obviously, direct access to one copy, not both. > But if both are identical what on earth can it mean to have access to one but not the other? If there are 2 copies of Newton's Principia and I have access to one but not the other how have I been deprived? What information is unavailable to me? 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.
