Hi Stathis, Le Vendredi 27 Octobre 2006 12:16, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit : > Here is another thought experiment. You are watching an object moving > against a stationary background at a velocity of 10 m/s. Suddenly, the > object seems to instantly jump 10 metres in the direction of motion, and > then continues as before at 10 m/s. You are informed that one of the > following three events has taken place: > > (a) your consciousness was suspended for 1 second, as in an absence > seizure; > > (b) you were scanned, annihilated, and a perfect copy created in your place > 1 second later; > > (c) nothing unusual happened to you, but the object you were watching was > instantly teleported 10 metres in the direction of motion. > > Would you be able to guess which of the three events took place? > > Stathis Papaioannou
The problem with these kind of thoughts experiments is that we don't know how consciousness "works", we don't know if we can make a "perfect copy", we can't know (currently) if such a copy would be conscious as we don't know how conscious experience arise. Taking the premises of the problem you gave, it is impossible to give a (right) answer (if there is one...). You presupose too much on what is consciousness and how it works (not that it is a bad thing, but I think these examples won't convince someone who have not the same view on you about what is consciousness and how it works). Quentin Anciaux --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
