From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Wed Oct 23 2002 - 13:35:59 MDT
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Dickey, Michael F wrote:
> Ahh, it has been a couple months since we had this discussion. I
Surprise, I've got deja vu all over. That matrix is so glitched I can't
see past artifacts. Do people never read archives these days?
> still find it difficult to understand how people can assert that a
> copy of you is you. gts may at the same time consider himself the same
A perfectly synched copy of you is you. Because there is no measurable
difference between them, by definition.
> person as he was a few minutes ago while considering himself a
> different person than a copy made a few minutes ago and still be
> logically consistent. You said "And if you agree to that, then you
If there was no bifurcation both copies think exactly the same thing at
the same time. If they don't, they're obviously not copies.
> can see why logically I can consider myself to be the same person as a
> close duplicate" But gts is made up of the same atoms, molecules, and
> nuerons in the same pattern performing the same functions as gts t-10s
> was. However, a duplicate of gts is made up of entirely different
> atoms, molecules, and nuerons, even though they are in the same
> pattern.
I thought we were talking about in machina models. There is no way to make
perfect copies of life animals, and to keep them synched without
trajectory forcing via heavy instrumentation with nanoware.
I'm not going to read and reply to the rest of it. Read The Fine Manual.
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