On 28/06/07, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When logic conflicts with instinct, instinct wins and the logic gets
contorted. The heated discussion on the copy paradox is a perfect example.
Your consciousness is tranferred to the copy only if the original is
destroyed, or destroyed in certain ways, or under certain conditions. We
discuss this ad-infinitum, but it always leads to a contradiction because we
refuse to accept that consciousness does not exist, because if you accept it
you die. So the best you can do is accept both contradictory beliefs and
leave it at that.
The contradiction exists only in the minds of those who can't see or are unable to
accept that "consciousness" doesn't transfer to a copy regardless of anything
else. Once this is clear, the imaginary paradox disappears. This paradox has always
been merely a part of the map, not a part of the territory.
H.
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