On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 12:44 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 2:42 PM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > For example, you could, over time, change neuron by neuron, until you > looked like and had the mind of Julius Caesar. > > > I think these thought experiments need to be more carefully considered. I > don't think it is nomologically possible to give you the mind of Julius > Caesar by transferring on neuron at a time. That would entail intermediate > stages in which neurons were connected neither as yours were nor as > Caesar's were, and less obviously the same goes for the connections of the > body cells. It is too cheap to just say "at the appropriate substitution > level". > It's a given that the intermediate stages are neither like you nor like Caesar. But if you can remain conscious/alive during the process, then "what happened to you", "did you die in the transformation?", etc. Jason -- 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/CA%2BBCJUjJBXog%2BXuDMLtnbA3P-wxO0%2BFscZMT9D5pkDRa%3DFVg4Q%40mail.gmail.com.
