From: Emlyn (emlyn@one.net.au)
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 12:33:18 MDT
Brent Allsop wrote:
> The person with the copy problem, is assuming we must always
> be subjectively isolated, and that things like the turring test are
> the best we have to divine other's (including a copies) subjective
> experience and consciousness. When you make arguments like this, you
> are buying into the same fallacy - that we will always be subjectively
> isolated from other minds but you'll still have the "proof by peer
> pressure"...
No, no, the person with the copy problem only has a problem with the concept
of a straight copy. If there is some method for moving a consciousness from
one substrate to another, I would be all for it; that's a different kettle
of fish. Further, one might then suppose some method of combining
consciousnesses, based on the consciousness-moving techniques and some wild
handwaving... in that case, I might be happy to try a "teleport", as long as
my original consciousness could be moved into and merged with my copy's
consciousness (whatever the hell that means).
However, in the absense of such a lovely magic technology, and in the
presence of mere atomic copy procedures (also magic, but of a lesser
degree), I would still say nooooo to the teleport.
Emlyn
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