On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 12:54 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know that, barring disaster, tomorrow there will be a person with the > general attributes, memories, and so on of the person writing this sentence. >
Yes. > > > Because of the nature of human psychology, I consider that that person > will be "me", > Fine but always remember "me" is just a word but the person writing this sentence is more than a word. > > > the same person as I am now, projected into the future, > It won't be exactly the same person, Stathis Papaioannou of tomorrow will have all of "your" memories but in addition will have other memories that "you" do not have. So treat all personal pronouns with suspicion. > > and so selfishly make provisions for him: make sure there is milk in the > fridge, lock the door so no-one breaks in, avoid spending all the money in > my bank account. > All those activities help insure that tomorrow there will be at least one individual (more would be fine) who remembers being Stathis Papaioannou today. > > > If I knew I was going to be duplicated so that tomorrow there would be two > versions of me in different cities, then I (the person writing this now) > would behave as if there were a 1/2 probability that I would end up in one > or other city. > You're free to act as you like. I wouldn't behave that way but there is no disputing matters of taste. B ut I thought we were talking about the nature of reality not the likes, dislikes, and superstitions of individuals. > > > If I knew I would be duplicated 1000 times in city A and once in city B, I > (the person writing this now) would behave as if I were 1000 times more > likely to end up in A than B, and make plans accordingly. > > What would you (the person reading this now) do under these circumstances? > For me that would depend entirely on how up to date the copy is, if the copy were made right now I wouldn't mind being blown up in a bomb right now. So how long is now? About a second, maybe 2, whatever is less time than would be needed to have a last thought because having a last thought is the thing I personally don't like about death. That's probably because I don't have thoughts I am thoughts, "I" is a specific sequence of thoughts. 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.
