Re: random thoughts

2009-03-02 Thread ronaldheld
Bruno: Dur to financial considerations I will wait for the fifth edition to come out. On Feb 28, 6:11 am, Bruno Marchal marc...@ulb.ac.be wrote: On 27 Feb 2009, at 13:34, ronaldheld wrote:  The fifth edition of Mendelson's book is due out in August;is it worth waiting for? I really

Re: [Fwd: NDPR David Shoemaker, Personal Identity and Ethics: A Brief Introduction]

2009-03-02 Thread ronaldheld
Maybe the terminology does not fit here, to make a copy of my brain, wouldn't you need more than memories, but the state of the brain at one time to quantum resolution (TNG transporter term). Ronald On Feb 23, 9:04 pm, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Fwd: NDPR David Shoemaker, Personal Identity and Ethics: A Brief Introduction]

2009-03-02 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
2009/3/2 ronaldheld ronaldh...@gmail.com: Maybe the terminology does not fit here, to make a copy of my brain, wouldn't you need more than memories, but the state of the brain at one time to quantum resolution (TNG transporter term). The question is what level of resolution is needed in

Re: AUDA Page

2009-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
Thanks, Günther. Bruno On 01 Mar 2009, at 23:34, Günther Greindl wrote: Hello, have incorporated most of Bruno's change wishes: http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list/web/auda Best Wishes, Günther http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/

Re: The Amoeba's Secret - English Version started

2009-03-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 Mar 2009, at 02:21, russell standish wrote: On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 05:55:12PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: Hi Kim, I didn't expect you to send the translation of the Amoeba's Secret (AS) on the list. But it is OK, and you did a rather very good job. For the other: The Amoeba's

Re: [Fwd: NDPR David Shoemaker, Personal Identity and Ethics: A Brief Introduction]

2009-03-02 Thread Brent Meeker
To have strict continuity you would certainly need the state, but not at the quantum level, see Tegmark's paper. But you could probably do without most of the state information if you were willing to accept a gap - as in anesthesia. Brent ronaldheld wrote: Maybe the terminology does not