On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 1:08 AM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 7/29/2019 2:14 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > That is not a well-defined procedure -- too many ambiguities remain. >> >> > > What is ambiguous? One physical state "your brain" is adjusted gradually > until it is equal to the brain of someone else. You agree this is > physically possible, right? > > > No, it's not possible if the conscious processes of the brain are > digital. Then there is a lower bound to "gradualness". > If it is digital then wouldn't it already be "discontinuous" by nature? Are you suggesting personal identity can or should be defined by mapping an identity to a particular digital program? > And what if the two brains have different numbers of neurons and different > numbers of connections...how can you map one to the other? > No problem. New neurons grow and die all the time in our own brains. 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%2BBCJUh-p2%3DgbF4y1T__TyRDYor-Kn8C3qH%3D2DeDypyO-qSHUg%40mail.gmail.com.
