Re: IDENTITY- What it means to be 'me' (was Re: neo-luddites are "US Taliban")

From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Thu Nov 29 2001 - 17:57:39 MST

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> Someday, someone will finally prove that "continuity of identity given
> deactivation followed by activation of an identical copy" is equivalent to
> the Axiom of Choice, after which we can all get some sleep.
>
> Until then, I propose that Godwin's Law be extended to cover all disputes
> over personal identity which cannot be directly resolved by physical
> experimentation.

So you're saying that if I revived a clone of Hitler and programmed
his personality to be identical...

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