Re: language, cloning and thought experiments

From: Günther Greindl <guenther.greindl.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:56:10 +0100

> Which "I"? Aren't you concerned that you would press the button - and vanish?
> Brent


The psychological continuer - the one who remembers having pressed the
button but with +5 dollars on his account.

.domain.name.hidden: would you really do this (press the button, also in the
absoute measure scenario)? After all, in lots of universes
family/friends will have found you vanished/whatever happens to you in
the magic button measure decreasing case, causing them to suffer.

I do think that also in RSSA, one should care about all successors.

Think Egan's Law(*), also in Ethics: it all adds up to normality.


Cheers,
Günther

(*) Egan, Greg. Quarantine.

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