Mark Peaty writes:
SP: 'So given months or years, you really are like a car in which every single component has been replaced, the only remaining property of the original car being the design' MP: Yes, indeed. For the word design here, I prefer to use 'structure', with the proviso that the structure/s we are interested in is/are not just static but some are dynamic. I like to use the word 'construct' [noun] to refer to these things. The kinds of changes occurring may be summarised in a very general sense as of three types: 1/ apparent non-change, which might be really invariant down to the smallest level of measurement, but might also be cases of just oscillation about some average length or volume [say] with no significant topological, charge or mass changes, 2/ cyclical changes in which topology, charge, charge distributions, or mass, whatever, vary in some significant repeating way, and 3/ non-repeating changes which might be manifestations of growth and development, creation of memories, damage from disease or just entropy-the passage of time.
Getting back to the original question about teleportation experiments, are you saying that it would be impossible, or just technically very difficult to preserve personal identity whilst undergoing such a process? As Brent pointed out, technical difficulty is not an issue in thought experiments. Stathis Papaioannou _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
