On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 09:27:49AM -0700, Eva wrote: > Given that time is irreversible, and global entropy always increase: > > 1. In principle, sooner or later, every living system such as human being, or > humanity will be annihilated? > > 2. In principle, if system is annihilated then it is irreversible - a system > with the same internal structure may be created, but it will not be the very > same system, it may be (at most) perfectly isomorphic, but it will not share > the same identity? > > So, for example, if I die, and hypothetically, in the distant future, an > exact copy of my body will be made than it will be an exact copy of my body > and consciousness, but not my current identity, so my consciousness will not > reappear after my death like from deep sleep. > > > I would like to ask you - in your opinion, my two above conclusions are > correct? >
If functionalism were true (a popular position here, and implied by computationalism), then the exact copy (even near enough copy) will be identical to you, and your conclusion would be incorrect. If this new copy follows a slightly different path (perhaps because of a sightly different environment, or just instrinsic randomness), then your life continues. Of course this means an eternal return. But it is nothing to fear - you will not experience your life over again - each time you will experience you life as having been lived once, albeit most likely immortally. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Senior Research Fellow [email protected] Economics, Kingston University http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/20190623135218.GA24600%40zen.
