From: John K Clark (johnkclark@fastmail.fm)
Date: Mon Mar 10 2008 - 14:00:11 MDT
Somebody, I don�t know who said:
> If 1000 copies of you are made in London lacking 50%
> of your memories and 10 copies are made in Paris
> lacking 5% of your memories, are you more likely to
> find yourself waking up in London or Paris?
I would say that in this scenario the most likely outcome is that you
would not find yourself anywhere. I don�t think survival is an all or
nothing concept, but 5% is way too big for my tastes and 50% is just
unacceptable, but there is no disputing matters of taste. There is a big
difference between you and me just as there is between day and night,
but if one slowly changes into the other you can�t point to an exact
instant and say that is where one becomes the other.
John K Clark
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