[extropy-chat] Avoid Too Much Change

[Randall Randall]

On Apr 8, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> But you probably have a lot more in common with Max More than you  
> do with your infant self. This example is one more reason why there  
> is no "truth of the matter" about continuity of personal identity  
> from moment to moment. Like free will, it's an illusion which is  
> very important to maintain, otherwise we will be unhappy.

Well... *someone* will be unhappy.  Whether *we* will is the
heart of the matter, isn't it?

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