On Jun 28, 2007, at 7:51 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote:
--- Stathis Papaioannou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How does this answer questions like, if I am destructively teleported
to two different locations, what can I expect to experience? That's
what I want to know before I press the button.
You have to ask the question in a form that does not depend on the
existence
of consciousness. The question is what will each of the two copies
claim to
experience?
Of course, we only care what they claim to experience insofar
as it corresponds with what they did experience, since that's
what we're really interested in.
--
Randall Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"This is a fascinating question, right up there with whether rocks
fall because of gravity or being dropped, and whether 3+5=5+3
because addition is commutative or because they both equal 8."
- Scott Aaronson
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