On Sep 5, 2017 6:08 PM, "John Clark" <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Terren Suydam <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > Perspective has nothing to do with it, the question is pure gibberish. If I am given incorrect information then I might say it was a legitimate question, but I would be incorrect. I am as capable of being deceived as anybody else because garbage in garbage out. If I asked you last night where you expect to wake up, that's not a gibberish question. But how do you know that you weren't duplicated as you slept? -- 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.
