On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 5:34 PM, Terren Suydam <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> Forget important, expectations are not even meaningful in thought >> experiments involving people duplicating machines if >> >> it is not clearly stated what is being expected. >> > > > > You're arguing against things I haven't said. > I never claimed you did say it. Every comment I make in a post is not necessarily a rebuttal to something somebody else said. > > > I do expect (ahem) to be able to clearly state was is being expected in > the thought experiment, without requiring personal pronouns. > I hope Terren Suydam is careful with personal pronouns too, if everybody was this thread would have ended years ago. > > But before we continue, I need to be sure we agree that from your > first-person perspective, when it comes to making decisions based on some > future state, you only have the contents of your mind to work with. Your > mental model, your worldview, pick whatever language you like, it's what > gives you a sense of what to expect, and therefore the only basis one has > for placing bets. Do you disagree? > No, I don't disagree. A mind is the only source of ideas, even incorrect ideas, even gibberish ideas. 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.
