On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 4:38 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> I don't what another paragraph of bafflegab! You claim "What is the name >> of the one and only one city I will end up seeing after I became two?" is a >> real >> >> > > > > ... is a real question. yes. poorly phrased and slightly ambiguous, > It's not slightly ambiguous, it's ASTRONOMICALLY ambiguous, but it's what you're asking and it's the foundation on which you've built your entire philosophical construction. And that's why I refuse to read any more of your "proof". > >> >> and the answer is very easy to find, so let's hear it. Knowing what you >> know today with the benefit of hindsight what one and only one city name >> would you have answered the Helsinki man's >> question with? >> > > > > To get the first person views, you need to tell me which copy you ask the > question, > Good god , do I really have to spell this out? ! I didn't ask either copy . Yesterday I asked the Helsinki man and only the Helsinki man because there was nobody else to ask, yesterday neither copy existed. I'm amazed that after all this time I still have to point out this very obvious and elementary fact. > > The point will be that both will answer something like "Washington (resp. > Moscow), and I could not have predicted it". > If they couldn't predict that the Moscow Man will see Moscow and the Washington man will see Washington then they aren't very bright. > >> >> After the duplication 2 people will have identical copies of that diary >> in their hand, > > > > > Yes. With their "prediction", and both can see that "W & M" is refuted, > Today the day after the experiment was completed ask Mr. W 2 questions: 1) Are you Bruno Marchal? 2) Do you see W? And then ask Mr. M 2 questions: 1) Are you Bruno Marchal? 2) Do you see M? If the answer in no for any of those 4 questions then my prediction made yesterday that Bruno Marchal will see 2 cities turned out to be wrong. But I don't think they will say no. Do you? 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.
