On 3/19/07, Brent Meeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >If there are OMs which don't > > remember being you then they are not going to be part of your stream of > > consciousness. > > There's the rub. Almost all my OMs *do not* include consciously > remembering being me (or anyone). And if you suppose there is an > *unconscious* memory component of an OM then there's a problem with what it > means to have an unconscious part of consciousness. Well, how do you maintain a sense of being you in normal life? If you are absent-mindedly staring at a tree you at least have a sense that you have been staring at the tree, rather than drowning in the ocean a moment ago. You are also aware that you haven't grown 10cm taller or suddenly changed sex - that is, you would immediately be aware of these things had they happened, even though you are not actively thinking about them or their absence. So a bland sameness from moment to moment constitutes a sense of memory and continuity of identity, since an OM that deviated substantially from this would either not be considered as a successor OM or immediately alert you that something strange had happened. Stathis Papaioannou --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
