On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 8:46 PM, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I do expect to survive the >> copying process >> , even better I expect I'll have a backup, although why my expectations >> should be of interest to anyone but me I don't know. >> > > Then the question “what future experiences will I have” is not nonsensical. > It's not nonsensical in our everyday world to ask "What one and only one city will I see tomorrow?" because it's clear what "I" will mean tomorrow, but people duplicating machines don't yet exist in our everyday world because of technological, not philosophical, limitations. In our everyday world the I of tomorrow has a unique unambiguous meaning, the only being tomorrow that will remember being John Clark today. > > > If it were then I could not have the expectation of surviving, > The nonsense question is NOT "Will I survive tomorrow after I have been duplicated?", that is a real question with a real answer; and it is yes because something (actually 2 things) tomorrow will remember being John Clark today. The nonsense question is "What one and only one city will I see tomorrow after I have been duplicated?" > > > I could not conceive of having future experiences if “I” loses meaning > when I contemplate the post-duplication future. > Sure you can, you can conceive of being in Santa Clauses's workshop if you want; imagination is not limited by reality. 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.
