From: Party of Citizens (citizens@vcn.bc.ca)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 14:22:49 MST
If Max-1 and Max-2 are twins, do they have any more of an identity problem
than if Max-1 and Max-2 are clones or replicates of some other kind?
POC
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Max More wrote:
> At 10:27 AM 12/2/01, you wrote:
>
> > > I will survive into the future
> > > even if I forget everything about Max-2001... just so long as Max-2001
> > > leads to Max-2002 and so on, in the appropriate way. Max-2001 is a
> > > person-stage rather than a person.
> >
> >Unfortunately, if you permanently forget everything about Max-2001, you'll
> >have a great deal of difficulty staying out of a mental hospital. I don't
> >think the authorities recognize "person-stages."
>
> I think I may have left this unclear. Certainly I think it would be a major
> problem if Max-2002 could not remember anything about Max-2001. When I
> mentioned forgetting everything not mattering I was thinking of much longer
> intervals of time -- decades. I realize this wasn't clear from the passage
> above.
>
> Max
>
>
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