Re: duplicates are the "same"?

From: Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 14:34:03 MDT


John Clark wrote:

> Questions:
> 1)Are you the original or the copy?

Who knows. Who cares. For sure you both are not the same
person, not anymore.

> 2)What experiment did you perform to make that determination?

If you look back after the fork, you're unaware of the other prong
of the fork. Just the same thing with the other guy. As to experiment,
I'll just whoever was not replicated, or ask for a recording.

> 3)Does that other fellow agree with you?

He might. He might not. It's strictly irrelevant. The probability
would be high he'd agree with you, as the diff is still negligible.

> 4) If it turns out you're the copy would there be any reason to be upset?

If it's a high-fidelity copy, with no hidden "features", no reason at all.
I think we would get along nicely, me and him.

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