The effects of have clones is interesting, though, regardless of the
"sapping strength" notion. You would have reason to worry about being
killed if there were clones and then a "shell game" was played with
you being mixed up with the clones, and then all of the "yous" were
killed except one. All of the "yous" would have reason to worry.
This has implications on ethics of cloning and killing clones.
As far as measure, it seems that having a clone of you and killing one
of you while you were asleep would be equivalent (w.r.t how much you
should worry at least) to not having any clones and someone saying
they were going to roll a die and if it came up odd they would kill
you.
Tom
On Feb 11, 8:44 pm, Jack Mallah <jackmal....domain.name.hidden> wrote:
> --- On Wed, 2/11/09, Stathis Papaioannou <stath....domain.name.hidden> wrote:
>
> > You agree that if one version of me goes to bed tonight and one version of me wakes up tomorrow, then I should expect to wake up tomorrow. But if extra versions of me are manufactured and run today, then switched off when I go to sleep, then you are saying that I might not wake up tomorrow.
>
> You won't know this evening if you are one of the "extra versions" or the original. So yes, in that situation, you will probably not be around tomorrow. Only the original will.
>
> > The extra copies of me have somehow sapped my life strength.
>
> Not at all. I guess that is a joke?
>
> Creating more copies, then getting rid of the same number, does not result in a net decrease in measure. That is why the movie "The Prestige" bears no resemblance whatsoever to QS despite rumors to the contrary.
>
> If you create extra copies and leave them alive, there is a net increase in measure. That is equivalent to new people being born even if they have your memories. This once happenned to Will Riker on Star Trek: TNG.
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