2008/11/1 Brent Meeker <meekerdb.domain.name.hidden>:
>> Well if I'm Kory or Bruno, I'm not me...
> You distorted my hypothetical. Could you not still be you and simply
> have the mistaken notion that your name is "Kory"? If your earliest
> childhood memories were replaced by Bruno's, would you cease to exist?
I think I cannot be me without *my* memories... I equate memories and
me. If not what is me, if I'm still me without my memories ?
>> And if my grandma had b...
>> her name would be grandpa.
>>
>> If consciousness is information and feeling being an 'I' (and also a
>> particular 'I')
>
> I think that is a false intuition. I don't believe that you directly
> feel being Quentin Anciaux, it is a memory and an inference made up of
> many bits of information. You are not feeling it at every moment, but
> only when you think about "Who I am." at which time an appropriate name
> and life history comes to mind.
>
> Brent
It is not an intuition, it is an assumption (that can be false,
sure)... Is counsciousness information ?.=> yes ? Is this information
finite ? (should be... what could be infinite length *information* ?)
Regards,
Quentin
>> is information and indeed a finite length
>> information... then one bit of difference and I'm not me... anything
>> else but me.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Quentin
>>
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