On 20/04/2008, Saibal Mitra <smitra.domain.name.hidden> wrote:
> I don't buy QTI for quite a few reasons. A "model independent" objection I
> have is the following. If you accept QTI, then the information you have
> about your history will have to grow without limit (if not, then effectively
> you have a finite lifetime as you can only store a finite amount of
> information in a finite volume).
>
> Your identity must be preserved as your brain continues to expand to make
> room for all that informaton that must be stored. Now, I find it hard to
> believe that a superlarge brain the size of the galaxy would still be "me".
There's no guarantee that you will stay "you" in any particular way.
After all, your brain is infinitely larger now than it was before your
nervous system developed.
--
Stathis Papaioannou
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Received on Sat Apr 19 2008 - 22:49:55 PDT