On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 15:00, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 7/22/2019 9:42 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > > 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. > > > Not people. Only philosophers. If you saw a copy of yourself, could you > plausibly ask yourself, "Is that really me?" > If I saw another copy then it wouldn't be me. The copy would have his own, separate experiences, even if we shared the same memories and physical appearance. -- 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%3D2ypW5Ds1yg8NHvbi-2GRhRu-9%3Dc%2Bh5y4md8H7MeitcHMFdw%40mail.gmail.com.
