russell standish wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 07:00:39PM -0800, meekerdb @dslextreme.com wrote: > >> I think I am often *not* self-aware. But aside from that, I have definitely >> been unconscious several times in my life and I'm sure other people (though >> probably not Stathis) were unconscious at the same time. So an closest >> continuation of observer moments theory of personal identity would predict >> that I would regain consciousness as a mixture of those others who shared my >> unconscious period. >> >> > > I don't think so. The only way you notice the periods of > unconsciousness is by virtue of the discontinuity between two observer > moments that you recall (as evidenced by a clock or some other > irreversible process). The moments of unconsciousness are not observer > moments. > > A fair objection (maybe). But still it seems that I could easily share an OM with someone else and then end up in an observerer "superposition".
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