On 29/06/07, Tom McCabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think it works better to look at it from the perspective of the guy doing the upload rather than the guy being uploaded. If you magically inserted yourself into the brain of a copy at random, then you're right- you'd have an equal chance of waking up in A or B.
But that's the whole idea... of course from an objective point of view what you are saying is right, but from a subjective point of view it's different.
But to say "you" have an equal chance of waking up in A or B is nonsensical, because "you" as a singular person doesn't exist anymore. You can only talk about "you" when referring to events before the copying - if you try to refer to "you" to describe what happens after the copying, your brain will barf as there are 1024 possible references for the word.
You could equally well say that it is nonsensical to assert that "you" will be alive in a few months time because most of the matter in the brain of the person who identifies as you will be different by then. The point is, how is the illusion of a single person persisting through time perpetuated? -- Stathis Papaioannou ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&user_secret=7d7fb4d8
