> On 10 Sep 2020, at 21:41, John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 3:25 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List > <everything-list@googlegroups.com <mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > > When self duplication becomes commonplace I don't think the word "you" will > > exist anymore. > > > Why not? It still works where there are identical twins. > > Now Brent be honest, do you really think that question deserves an answer? > > > And duplicates of a person will differentiate almost instantly and diverge > > further with time. > > Yes, and it is exactly precisely for that reason the personal pronoun "you" > will become ambiguous to the point of meaninglessness in a world that has > "you" duplicating machines.
If Brent’s biological duplication (the twin) does not open your eyes, note that we are already multiplied in arithmetic, so the word “you” should never appeared in your theory. (And if you believe that a universal machine can distinguish a physical reality from the arithmetical reality without observation (by their experience only), then you believe in some magic incompatible with the the Indexical Digital Mechanist hypothesis. Bruno > > 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 > <mailto:everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv20GL64sN_QPL%3DVhbJ%3DPLgJhDDVaeCnQkbtHZmDxbYZWw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv20GL64sN_QPL%3DVhbJ%3DPLgJhDDVaeCnQkbtHZmDxbYZWw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/9575870B-B6F2-4B2E-8783-D76789D1DBE7%40ulb.ac.be.
