Re: A calculus of personal identity

From: Bruno Marchal <marchal.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 18:11:45 +0200

Le 04-juil.-06, � 04:53, Stathis Papaioannou a �crit :

> Lee Corbin writes:
> �
> > >�which�is�why�in�symmetrical�duplication�experiments�I�anticipate
> > >�that�I�will�become�one�of�the�duplicates�with�equal�probability.
> >
> > What�do�you�think�of�your�survival�chances�if�you�happen�to�know
> > that�after�you�fall�asleep�tonight,�you�will�be�disintegrated,
> > but�the�information�will�be�used�to�create�two�exact�duplicates,
> > and�then�one�of�the�duplicates�is�vaporized�and�the�other�
> > returned�to�your�bed�completely�unaware?
> >
> > Zero?��(I.e.,�you�don't�survive�the�"teleportation"�aspect�at�all.)
> >
> > One-half?��(I.e.,�your�soul�goes�into�one�at�random,�and�if�that's
> > ������������the�one�that�dies,�then�your�number�is�up.)
> >
> > One?���(I.e.,�Stathis�will�wake�up�in�bed�for�sure�tomorrow,�and
> > ��������resume�his�life�just�as�he�has�done�everyday�(since�our
> > ���������fiendish�experiments�began�when�he�was�five�years�old))
>
> One. That's how it will *seem* and that is what is important to me.



In case someone doubt it, it is the comp answer. But then, what happens
to you in front of a universal dovetailing ?

Bruno

http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/


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