On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Brent Meeker <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
>> >> But there is nothing in the laws of physics to prevent somebody else >> from having those exact same memories. > > > > > At the level of macroscopic bodies there is. The somebody else can't > occupy the same place at the same time > A beam of light can. And in a macroscopic superfluid like liquid helium the quantum state and identity of the individual atoms in it have merged into one. > > and so must have a different perspective on all events > You and your identical copy are 10 feet apart looking directly at each other and both of you are 5 feet from the center of a spherically symmetrical room. You are in different positions but your perspectives are identical. > > Could there be such a person who had false memories and perceptions > exactly matching yours? > Yes but the memories aren't false, Brent Meeker actually did exactly what you remember Brent Meeker doing. So you are Brent Meeker . > > > There's no physical process whereby exactly the same information could > come to him independently of you. > Brent Meeker 's memories are what makes Brent Meeker Brent Meeker , so Brent Meeker 's memories can only come from Brent Meeker . John K Clark -- 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.
