Hal Finney writes:
> The problem is that there seems to be no basis for judging the validity
> of this kind of analysis. Do we die every instant? Do we survive sleep
> but not being frozen? Do we live on in our copies? Does our identity
> extend to all conscious entities? There are so many q
"Stathis Papaioannou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> OK, I think I'm clear on what you're saying now. But suppose I argue
> that I will not survive the next hour, because the matter making up my
> synapses will have turned over in this time. To an outside observer the
> person taking my place would
Hal Finney writes:
> > Yes, but every theoretical scientist hopes ultimately to be vindicated> > by the experimentalists. I'm now not sure what you mean by the second> > sentence in the above quote. What would you expect to find if (classical,> > destructive) teleportation of a subject in Bruss
"Stathis Papaioannou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hal Finney writes:
> > I should first mention that I did not anticipate the conclusion that
> > I reached when I did that analysis. I did not expect to conclude that
> > teleportation like this would probably not work (speaking figurately).
> >
Hal Finney writes:
> I should first mention that I did not anticipate the conclusion that> I reached when I did that analysis. I did not expect to conclude that> teleportation like this would probably not work (speaking figurately).> This was not the starting point of the analysis, but the con
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