From: Frank Prengel (extropian@frankpr.net)
Date: Mon Oct 28 2002 - 03:09:07 MST
---- Original Message ----
From: humania@t-online.de (Hubert Mania)
...
>Probably because of the unsolvable nature of the bifurcation
>paradox. There
>will always be newbies who will ask the same questions over and over
>again
>and even "old hares" will drop in from occasionally and catch fire
>one more
>time. I bet anything that we will still discuss this in 2040.
>There's no hope, Eugen :-)
So s.o. should put together a "Copy Paradox FAQ" which should be a
must-read for everyone allowed to join a discussion like this ... ;-)
...
>Maybe what we need in the first place is a completey new notion of
>continuity of consciousness. Maybe we must develop a new generosity
>about
>copies and originals unless we agree to get eliminated in the
>uploading
>process for the sake of an old fashioned model of consciousness
>continuity.
It is my feeling that we should first get rid of the notion of
consciousness as a *thing*, instead adopting the notion of
consciousness as a *process*. Then the question of identity looks
quite different ...
Just my $.02,
Frank
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