> On 14 Aug 2015, at 12:38 pm, Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 14 August 2015 at 06:28, John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> if that definition of "you" is used then the question "What one and > only one city did you end up seeing?" has no answer because it is not a > question at all, it is just a sequence of ASCII characters the last of which > happens to be a question mark. > > > You might argue that it is false, > > If it's a question how can it be false? And if it is a question what is the > answer? > > The answer that you saw one and only one city is false if there are multiple > versions of "you". > > > but not that it is meaningless. > > I have 2 cupcakes one red and one blue, what is the one color of the one > and only cupcake that I have? That is another example of something that is > not a question but is just a sequence of ASCII characters the last of which > is a question mark. > > The question is if there are two versions of you, one with a red cupcake and > one with a blue cupcake, which cupcake will you see? The nature of our minds > is such that, even if we know as a matter of fact that there are multiple > versions of us, it seems that there is only one version.
Maybe the conclusion is that things are not always the way they seem. Bruce > > > Each observer moment believes they are a unique individual with a unique > past and a unique future. > > People can believe all sorts of foolish things, but if a person enters a > person duplicating machine that person will still have a unique past but > will NOT have a unique future. Yes that is odd, but odd things happen when a > person is duplicated. > > And both versions of that duplicated person - even if it's John Clark, who > knows very well the facts of the matter - will feel that they are the unique > continuation of the original. It's a question about psychology, not physics. -- 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.
