On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 11:55, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 7/22/2019 2:58 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > If the the brain scans showed the same correlations between patterns of >> neuron activity and behavior (like speech or problem solving) that would be >> evidence that it was the same person. >> > > Yes, but that won’t solve philosophical problems such as, “if it looks > like me and acts like me is it really me?” > > > I didn't realize that was a problem. I've heard of people who don't > recognize themself in a mirror. But if they ask "Is it really me." the > "it" tells me it's not really them. If it were really them, they'd ask, > "Am I really me." to which the answer would be "Yes." > People wonder if a copy that is arbitrarily close to them would really be them. This is one of the classic problems of personal identity. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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/CAH%3D2ypUqotQ7zJfXx83rbhD%3DhNEUVZ3%3DUk0o16%3Dt7AO2q67iZA%40mail.gmail.com.
