On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 at 2:52 am, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 8/14/2017 6:12 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 at 10:31 pm, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 14/08/2017 4:20 pm, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 at 3:08 pm, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 14/08/2017 2:32 pm, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >>> >>> On 14 August 2017 at 14:15, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> The point, as I see it, is that if, after duplication, the copies can >>>> communicate, and they agree that they both have psychological continuity >>>> with the original person, and that, consequently, the original person saw >>>> both cities/results. >>>> >>> >>> If they could communicate after duplication, they would agree that they >>> both have psychological continuity with the original person, but why would >>> they agree that the original person saw both cities or results? This seems >>> to be the same point if dispute. I would feel exactly the same whether my >>> copy was in the next street, the next galaxy or the next universe, and I >>> would have exactly the same expectations about the future if I were to >>> undergo duplication again. >>> >>> >>> >>> That is only the case if you choose to ignore a large part of the >>> evidence available to you. In exclusively concentrating on a closed 1p view >>> after duplication, you are inconsistent with the fact that you used 3p >>> information about the protocol before duplication. Why refuse to use this >>> 3p (or 2p if you talk to you doppelganger in person) information after >>> duplication? >>> >> >> By what process would the 3p information make me feel differently about >> myself? >> >> >> I don't know. How does any knowledge from outside make you feel >> differently about yourself? >> > > New information may shock me, but it can't literally make me feel like a > different person - replace my past with a different past, make me think > that I'm in a different place doing different things with a different > identity. > > > Even if the information was that you have a duplicate from which you have > only momentarily been separated and you will soon be merged again? > Yes, if I knew that I would anticipate the merging but feel the same until it actually happened. > -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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.
