On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 2:41 AM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > Rather than swapping the brains of A and B one neuron at a time, would it not be simpler to just do a brain transplant? This is likely to be technically easier, and it is difficult to see what the one-at-a-time transfer would achieve that the transplant would not. Alternatively, one can follow the Indian legend dramatised by Thomas Mann in "The Transposed Heads"! Bruce -- 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/CAFxXSLQc%2B4hXf8B9OaY54H1mCZ-g55Tq197XDXX_yVcQodXCsQ%40mail.gmail.com.
