Le 04-juil.-06, à 23:37, Lee Corbin a écrit :
> Bruno had written > >> [Lee wrote] >> What do you think of your survival chances if you happen to know >> that after you fall asleep tonight, you will be disintegrated, >> but the information will be used to create two exact duplicates, >> and then one of the duplicates is vaporized and the other >> returned to your bed completely unaware? >> >> Zero? (I.e., you don't survive the "teleportation" aspect at all.) >> >> One-half? (I.e., your soul goes into one at random, and if that's >> the one that dies, then your number is up.) >> >> One? (I.e., Stathis will wake up in bed for sure tomorrow, and >> resume his life just as he has done everyday (since our >> fiendish experiments began when he was five years old)) > > and then Bruno said: "Interesting question. I am interested in your > own answer. I let Stathis answer (to see if he will give the comp one). > Note that the comp answer here is not needed in the UDA argument where > overlapping reconstitution (like in duplications) are never followed by > somethings which looks (at least) like a murder." > > > Well, in the first place, I assume that when a question is asked of > anyone on this list, EVERYONE is invited to answer. Certainly when > I ask any question, it is for everyone, even if it's true that at > the moment I seem more interested in some particular person's answer. Me too. Now when threads interferes I ask http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
