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
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Jason Resch jasonre...@gmail.com 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
x This raises the question of how many first person exists. I like the idea
that the answer is one. We may be all the universal person appearing and
reappearing like if we were already duplicated many times, which makes sense
given that we come from the same amoeba. We are like a god who lost
Apparently it did not work. I am bruno marchal now!
Please swish again!
:)
No! I am Bruno Marchal! Pliz get me out of here :)
Do you see the problem in the above exchange? It assumes there is some
metaphysical me and you that can be conceptualised as flitting
about from one body and mind
Are you physicalist?
I just don't know.
All my everyday experience points towards physicalism: I'm a brain,
embodied in a physical body, embedded in a physical environment and
evolved via several billion year selection process. All the
constituents of my mind could be explained in the
I see a red rose. You see a red rose. Is your experience of redness
the same as mine?
1. Yes, they are identical.
2. They are different as long as neural organization of our brains is
slightly different, but you are potentially capable of experiencing my
redness with some help from neurosurgeon
What would you say about this setup:
Computer Simulation-Physical Universe-Your Brain
That is to say, what if our physical universe were simulated in some
alien's computer instead of being some primitive physical world?
This setup doesn't sound very convincing to me:
- I believe that
Do you see the meaning of physical laws being somehow different from the
programmed laws that simulate an environment?
Yes, I feel that simulated mind is not identical to the real one. Simulation
is only the extension of the mind - just a tool, a mental crutch, a
pluggable module that gives
I think those simulated persons would be conscious.
The possibility of superintelligence that creates worlds in its dreams kinda
freaks me out :)
So you think the software mind in a software environment would never
question the redness of red, when the robot brain would?
No, I think that
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