On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 1:25 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Terren Suydam <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Right now I'm only concerned with the present, the ongoing flow of >> experience. It doesn't sound like you have any issue with the idea that >> someone who gets physically reconstituted would experience consciousness >> normally, save for discontinuities like the room changing color from red to >> blue. >> >> If this seems obvious, that's good, it means we are starting from a place >> of agreement. >> > > Of course I agree, there is nothing special about the atoms in my brain, > only the way that the atoms are arranged is unique, and that uniqueness > signifies nothing fundamental or philosophical, it's just the result of the > present day limitations of engineering technology. I am quite literally not > the man I once was, new atoms are constantly coming into my body and old > atoms going out. I am made of last years mashed potatoes, and yet > subjectively I remain the same person, or at least I think I do and that's > good enough for me. > > Good. Now let's add a twist. In Helsinki, you're told that you'll be merely teleported to Barcelona, as before. However, unbeknownst to you, a duplicate of you will also be created in Paris. This creates a situation where depending on your perspective - first-person or third-person - the question of where you expect to be duplicated is either straightforward or gibberish. From the first-person perspective, it's the same answer as before - Barcelona. From the third-person, I think you have to say it's gibberish to be consistent. Agree? -- 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.
