On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 1:07 AM Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 11:44:23AM -0500, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > Closest continuer theory is the "Copenhagen Interpretation" of personal > > identity theory. A stop gap to preserve common sense notions in light of > > paradoxes that imply the old way if thinking is untenable. > > > > As with quantum mechanics, common sense personal identity theories are > forced > > to either abandon any connection linking observer moments (like the zero > > universe interpretation) or to a universalism that links all observers > to a > > single person (like many worlds). > > > > I never accepted that argument. Why couldn't there be islands in the > space of observer moments separated by states of unconsiousness? In > the classic thought experiment by Parfitt, what's to say that > consciousness doesn't blink out after a certain number of neurons have > been swapped for Napoleon's, and doesn't blink back into existence > once Napoleon's brain is nearly complete? > > There could be islands, but consciousness seems to jump across such voids of unconsciousness. For example, when you awake from sleep or anesthesia, or when you were first born. 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%2BBCJUim7nH68T%2BuUHMSu78OGZ0V5%2BwXy8WDavF89i1Ju1DXAQ%40mail.gmail.com.
