From: John Clark (jonkc@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sat Nov 21 1998 - 23:27:44 MST
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>>Me:
>>If your brain and mine are identical then there is no way to
>>determine if they've switched positions or not, and it wouldn't
>>matter if they did.
>wolfkin@phonetech.com
>The very language you use betrays the assumption that they
>are not, in fact, identical. To wit, "positions" is plural
It's possible. Grammar is not my strongest point so sometimes I don't write
well English. I honestly don't know if "switched positions" or "switched
position" is correct.
>and perfect identity would require that they have an identical
>position, no?
No. If changing position(s?) of objects has absolutely no detectable effect
on anything in the observable universe then the only possible conclusion is
that the objects are identical and that position is not an essential aspect
of identity. Otherwise the word "identity" becomes a meaningless string of
letters.
John K Clark jonkc@att.net
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