On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 2:09 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>> None of the identical copies becomes separate people until one of them >> sees something the others do not, because after that they are no longer >> identical > > > * > That's an exaggeration. There are many things that will differentiate > the copies other than what they see. * > Many things other than the external environment? Many things? Random quantum variations is the only thing I can think of. > > *The interesting question is whether things that are subconscious > count...something he felt but only remembered feeling much later?* > If it was felt by one and not the other then they are no longer identical. > > *a flea bite he didn't notice?* > If it was not noticed then they remain identical *> but only remembered feeling much later?* If it is remembered by one but not the other then they can no longer be identical. > > > * I don't think consciousness is the unitary thing that is implicitly > assumed on this forum. * > I don't' think survival is a all or nothing matter either. 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1AippnLHQQfWaXwSpkvB77kfxTsQgM6VED9AhSCFX6_w%40mail.gmail.com.
