On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> Today before the duplication there is only one >> "I" >> but tomorrow after the duplication there will be two, therefore >> it >> is not a question >> , >> it is just a sequence of words that follow the rules of grammar correctly >> but mean nothing. >> And "How many cities will I be in tomorrow?" is not a question either. >> >> > > > > The language can cope with one "I" becoming two. The question is > understandable and has a definite answer. > You've said that many many times but strangely you've never given a definite answer as to what the name of that one and only one city actually turned out to be. Why is that? >> >> >> Explain what "bet" the personal pronoun "you" can make today that will >> economically benafit the >> person >> al >> pronoun "you" >> tomorrow. And just as important explain what sort of rational agent >> would cover that "bet". Who is on the other side of the "bet"? >> > > > > I who am about to be duplicated bet $1 that I will end up in Washington. > You, who will not be duplicated, are the counterparty to this bet. > John Clark would never take that bet unless the "I" were replaced by "Bruno Marchal" or if "I" were specified as being any intelligent being that remembers making the bet. > > > I am duplicated along with the $1 in my pocket. > > If money can be duplicated too then the men and their pockets seem like unnecessary fifth wheels in all this. > > > The Washington copy and the Moscow copy of me each give you $1. > Why would the Washington copy give me anything? The Washington man, to absolutely nobody's surprise, did see Washington so I give him $1. > > > You give the Washington copy $2 > You said the bet was for $1. > > > and the Moscow copy nothing. > The Moscow copy should give me $1 because the Moscow man, to absolutely nobody's surprise, did NOT see Washington. So from the very start I know I will give $1 to W and M will give $1 to me? Why would I or any serious person accept this "bet"? > > This interesting thing about this bet is that you are not really gambling, > because you know exactly what you will get, and since it is a fair bet you > will have no net gain or loss. > Then it's not a bet, I don't know what it is but it's pretty silly. > > > I, on the other hand, expect to either get double or nothing, > What Mr. I expects is of no interest , what will happen is, and that is Bruno Marchal will get get double or nothing. So there is no way Bruno Marchal can gain or lose by making the "bet" and no way for John Clark to gain or lose by accepting that "bet". > > > and I don't know which. > You don't know now and you will never know nor will anybody else because nobody knows which ONE is I after ONE I uses a I duplicating machine and becomes TWO. 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.
