On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 3:53 PM, Terren Suydam <terren.suy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Then which *ONE* out of that infinite number is >> "*THE"* >> stream of consciousness >> > > > ? > You're asking that question from the objective, third-person point of > view, which is not relevant to the thought experiment. > I remind you that it was you not me that said to understand the though experiment I need to follow *"THE* *"* stream of consciousness , but which steam needs following, the Moscow stream or the Washington stream? If I ask you for directions and you say "just keep following this road" and then the road forks your instructions don't help me get to my intended destination. > > > If you want to engage with the thought experiment, then you must consider > this from the first person. > Over and over and over again the exact same mistake is made. In a world with Terren Suydam duplicating machines there is no such thing as *"THE"* first person! >> >> I don't know about Mr. You but >> Terren Suydam >> can >> experience more than one city at the same time >> if there are >> Terren Suydam >> duplicating machines. >> > > > > Objectively, yes. Experientially, no. > I have no idea what that means because I have proof that Terren Suydam experienced Moscow and Terren Suydam experienced Washington. What Mr. You experienced nobody knows, not even Mr. You. >> >> Terren Suydam >> just said a infinite number of copies were made, and every single one >> of them remembers wondering what one and only one city they would end up >> seeing. So what turned out to be the one and only one correct answer to the >> question asked yesterday "What city will I see tomorrow ?" If the answer >> isn't just unknown but is nonexistent then it wasn't a question. >> > > > > Objectively, it may be gibberish, > There is no "may" about it. > > > but from the first-person point of view, it's not. > Then what one and only one city ended up being seen by *"THE* *"* first-person point of view ?? If it's not gibberish then there is a answer, so let's have it! > > > Earlier we encountered a different question that was gibberish from the > objective point of view, but intelligible from the first-person point of > view. > I don't know what you're referring to but* "* *THE" * first-person point of view is itself not intelligible if first-person point of view duplicating machines exist, and in this thought experiment they do. 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
