On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 10:41 PM Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
>> After my body has been duplicated but before I have open the door of the >> duplicating chamber to see where I was I won't know if I will be the >> John Clark who has seen Moscow or the John Clark who has seen Helsinki, and >> indeed the distinction between the two would be meaningless because the two >> would be identical until the door is opened and they differentiate because >> then >> one has the memory of seeing Moscow but the other has the memory of >> seeing Helsinki. So if both decided to place a bet on what they would see >> after the door was opened (and if one decided to place a bet then the other >> certainly would too because they're identical) then, provided they were >> logical,and I think I am at least most of the time, they would both put the >> odds at 50-50. >> > > *> So how do you accommodate a situation in which there is a 90% chance of > seeing Moscow and a 10% chance of seeing Helsinki?* > *You've asked that exact same question several times before so I'll answer it the exact same way I did before because you never made an argument against what I said, you just keep asking the same question again. If I know the duplicating machine has made 10 copies of me and that 9 of them are in Helsinki and 1 is in Moscow then then 9 John Clark's will remember seeing Helsinki but only 1 will remember seeing Moscow; so if they place odds after the duplication but before the door was opened and they observe where they are they would all say there was a 90% chance they were in Helsinki, and 90% of them would turn out to be correct and would win their bet. * *And even if the machine made an infinite number of copies, all slightly different, there would still only be a FINITE number of them that have brains similar enough to mine to produce a conscious experience virtually identical to that of John Clark's.* John K Clark See what's on my new list at *Extropolis* <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> w61 lmt -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2bZCgrRzbyVPr-vC3mEr1iYzjtwXAn-vWpw7%2BT%3Dybcwg%40mail.gmail.com.
