On 18 July 2016 at 15:42, Brent Meeker <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > On 7/17/2016 10:04 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > >> The problems arise because each copy has memories of being the original >> and, because of the phenomenon of first person experience, feels that he is >> the one true copy persisting through time >> > > How would it feel any different if he weren't? He doesn't know and > neither does anyone else. So it's really meaningless to say he feels he's > the one true copy. He's just relying on his previous prejudice that he was > unique. >
Yes - it's a prejudice, but an important one nonetheless. I can be radically sceptical about the existence of the world and other minds, but still go about life as if it matters. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
