On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 4:21 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 7/26/2019 2:07 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > Here the motivation comes from non-dualistic theories of mind. If > > there is not a magical soul that was breathed into your body, then > > there is no longer an identity, as all matter and patterns are in > > theory copyable. > > But they aren't, c.f. Holevo's theorem. > > Holevo's theorem, if anything, provides evidence that the mind is copyable, since there is a finite upper bound on the information accessible within the brain by the brain. Unless you think the soul is something that can mystically access information beyond Holevo's bound. 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%2BBCJUhBeV42XSSDwmFk4P1793F8bYtE35A1j9wneLh7NBaMgA%40mail.gmail.com.
