[extropy-chat] Probability of identity - solution?

[Lee Corbin]

Slawomir (Heartland) is in my opinion right to reject valuing subjectivity
over objectivity.  In the case John advances, yes, if someone thinks he's
Napoleon, and has all Napoleon's memories and dispositions, then he is
Napoleon.

But this is really because *objectively* he has those memories and objectively
has those dispositions.  It's not at all because he thinks he's Napoleon; that
is a side issue, possibly denoting insanity or other mental dysfunction.

What are we talking about?  We are *talking*  about that guy over there
who thinks he's Napoleon.  It has to be decided on objective grounds
whether it is true that he has those memories and dispositions.

Subjectivity has nothing to do with it.  Subjectively, many people were
deluded that they were Napoleon.  We are entitled to call it delusion
because they didn't really have Napoleon's memories and dispositions.
We must rely on what we can determine to be objectively true.

Lee