On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 12:49 AM, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> 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. >> >> > > > > The objective facts (how many copies where) are not being disputed by > anyone in this prolonged discussion. > But I am disputing that. There may be 1000 copies of Stathis Papaioannou's brain and body operating in the future but if they are all identical then there is only one Stathis Papaioannou until one of them sees something the others don't and so are no longer identical. >> >> >> 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. >> > > > > So you agree you could survive if the original was destroyed and a copy > made, > Yes. > > > but the question is how to calculate the probability of ending up a > particular copy when multiple copies were made. > > You have stated repeatedly that the question is nonsensical, > Yes. > > > but you haven't answered what you would actually do in the example I gave: > you will be copied to two cities, 1000 copies in A and 1 copy in B, and the > original instantly destroyed. You have the option prior to the duplication > of arranging for (i) a reward for the 1000 copies that will be created in > A, or (ii) the 1 copy that will be created in B, > If we're talking totally selfish reasons and I intended to keep that reward for myself then I can see no difference between one choice over the other, but at least this time the question is not nonsensical. However if I'm not a totally selfish bastard and there was a charity I liked and before the copying I decided to give whatever reward I got to that charity then I'd pick A because they'd get 1000 times as much. 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.
