On 26 March 2014 17:13, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 3/25/2014 9:57 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > You don't need an *exact* copy, just a good enough copy. If an exact copy > were needed, either at the quantum level or to an infinite number of > decimal places, then we could not survive from one moment to the next, > since in a very small period there are quite gross physical changes in our > bodies. > > > > My point exactly - We DON'T survive moment to moment except in rough > approximation and so as we deteriorate in old age we may come to > approximate topsoil. The question is, why should conscious continuity > preserve "us" while physical continuity doesn't count? Is it just our ego > that says consciouness should be preserved - no matter how much it changes? >
Physical continuity is important only insofar as it leads to psychological continuity. Psychological continuity is important because we are programmed to think it is; it has no intrinsic importance. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
