[extropy-chat] "Dead Time" of the Brain.

[Heartland]

> "Heartland" <velvet977 at hotmail.com>
>> So you see a single instance of "1" in "1+1"? Wow!
>
> Wow indeed. I must add reading comprehension to your list of disabilities
> because that is not what I said. I understand there are some very good adult
> education classes that might help you out in that regard. And speaking of
> wow, nothing could equal your astonishing jaw dropping views on anesthesia.

Excuse me. You've just tried to convince me that there is a single instance of "1" 
in "1+1". Now *that* is jaw dropping. If that's not what you said then please 
retract it and come up with a different number. If it's not 1, then what is it? 
(Last time I checked it was 2, but maybe it's really time to rewrite those obsolete 
math books).


> But let me propose another thought experiment, I make an exact copy of you
> as before but after that atom by atom I start moving one of the original
> high holy atoms over to the comparable spot on the lowly copy and moving one
> of the evil sleazy atoms of the copy over to the glorious original. After an
> hour or two all the atoms have swapped places, but neither knows it was
> happening and in fact during the entire transfer both brains were
> synchronized with each other. Which one is the original and which one is the
> copy?

And you still go on about these atoms. Let these poor atoms go. :) You're fighting 
some ghost argument from the past, not my argument. Aren't you tired of setting up 
the same straw man over and over again? I know that I'm tired of just looking at 
it.

I'll just indulge you one last time. After your experiment nothing changes. (Now, 
that I've burned that straw man down I wonder what you will think of now, Mr. 
Clark.)

S.