At 02:45 PM 12/13/2000 +1100, you wrote:
>At 07:07 PM 12/12/00 +0930, Emlyn wrote:
>
> >All the neurons are swapped. O, with C's neurons, is still the original, and
> >C, with O's neurons, is still the copy. The conscious streams were never
> >moved; the continuous identity from before the experiment is still in O.
>
>Exactly. The pestle with the vessel is the chalice from the palace, but the
dragon with the flagon is the brew that is true.
Right! It is all so clear now. "The pellet with the poison... the pellet
with the poison is in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the
palace has the true that is brew. Eh... brew that is tru- The pellet with
the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has
the true that is brew. Eh, eh, brew that is true. Eh. The chestle with the
pal- eh, eh, palace with the... Yes, but the pellet with the poison's in the
pestle with the vessel! ... The pestle with t... the pellet with the
poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the palace from the chalice has
the brew that is blue. Eh, no... The pellet with the poison's in the
vessel with the pestle. The cha- eh, the pellet with the plip... the
pellet with the poisle's in the vessel with the plazzle. Eh, the plazzle
with the vlessle. Eh, the the bless... The vessel with the plozle
is the plazzle with the..."
http://www.geocities.com/classicmoviescripts/scripts/court_jester.txt
And to think for a moment there I understood the one true view on
consciousness and identity.
Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
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