From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Oct 23 2002 - 12:34:04 MDT
John K Clark wrote:
> > Even people who differ by "ridiculously small" degrees are different
> > people Lee, There is no equivalency between them
> The test for equivalence is to exchange the objects (or
> people) and see if there is any change. If external observers
> can not tell if the exchange actually happened and
> if the people directly involved can not tell either
> then they are equivalent and although there are two bodies
> there is only one person at that instant.
But in this case there are changes if we exchange the objects, even if
they are very small changes. The differences can be detected objectively
by those who might make very accurate measurements, and subjectively by
the persons themselves who might make very accurate self-assessments.
-gts
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