Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-02 Thread soulcatcher☠
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > Hi soulcatcher, > Good question, it is something I thought about too, then I realized I am me > because it was this brain in my skull asking that question.  I created the > attached image to help illustrate my point.  If each person asks that >

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-02 Thread soulcatcher☠
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > If you were Elvis and Elvis were you, what difference would that make > to anything? That would make a huge difference for me and Elvis - my (and his) subjective experiences would be very different. And, as these experiences are by defi

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-02 Thread benjayk
soulcatcher-2 wrote: > > Hi all, > every time I read about the anthropic reasoning in physics I can't > help asking the more general question: > "Why I am I, not somebody else?" > Why I see through _this_ eyes, am confined to _this_ brain, was born > in _this_ year, etc? > This question seems to

Re: Why I am I?

2009-12-02 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
2009/12/3 soulcatcher☠ : > Hi all, > every time I read about the anthropic reasoning in physics I can't > help asking the more general question: > "Why I am I, not somebody else?" > Why I see through _this_ eyes, am confined to _this_ brain, was born > in _this_ year, etc? > This question seems to

Why I am I?

2009-12-02 Thread soulcatcher☠
Hi all, every time I read about the anthropic reasoning in physics I can't help asking the more general question: "Why I am I, not somebody else?" Why I see through _this_ eyes, am confined to _this_ brain, was born in _this_ year, etc? This question seems to me of the same importance as the questi

Re: Real scalars and the Multiverse

2009-12-02 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: That is a good enough explanation for me not to read the paper. Ronald On Dec 1, 10:55 am, Bruno Marchal wrote: > I have read it quickly. You can use that paper as an introduction to   > the use of ultrafilters in Model theory. The application in physics   > a