Just to be clear on this, I obviously agree.
Best,
Bruno
Le 25-nov.-08, à 12:05, Russell Standish a écrit :
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:55:37AM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote:
>> About MGA 3, I feel almost a bit ashamed to explain that. To believe
>> that the projection of the movie makes Alice conscious, is almost like
>> explaining why we should not send Roger Moore (James Bond) in jail,
>> giving that there are obvious movie where he clearly does not respect
>> the speed limitation (grin). Of course this is not an argument.
>>
>> Bruno
>>
>
> There is a world of difference between the James Bond movie, which is
> clearly not the same as the actor in flesh and blood, and the sort of
> movie used in your MGA, which by definition is indistinguishable in
> all important respects from the original conscious being. It is
> important not to let our intuitions misguide us at this point. Brent
> was effectively making the same point, about when unlikely events
> become indistinguishable from impossible.
>
> Cheers
>
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