From: Dickey, Michael F (michael_f_dickey@groton.pfizer.com)
Date: Wed Oct 23 2002 - 12:52:46 MDT
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From: John K Clark [mailto:jonkc@att.net]
"gts" <gts@optexinc.com>
> 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."
That is not the only test for equivalence. If you claim that they are only
one person, then by necessity they should share the same sensory input. If
we were to separate the two bodies we would find they experience different
sensory input. E.g., one can not see what the other sees. Thus the only
possible explanation is that they are two bodies and two people. How can
you assert that they are only one person when they clearly do not share the
same simultaneous subjective consciousness.
Michael
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