[extropy-chat] Avoid Too Much Change.

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 4/9/07, Lee Corbin <lcorbin at rawbw.com> wrote:

Yes.  Now, would you explain the difference between (A) the Alien granting
> your
> request and (B) the alien killing you, and then creating an IQ 12,000
> entity that the
> alien names Isador  which just so happens to have incredibly complete
> biographical
> information about you? That is, Isador "remembers" almost all of what
> happened
> to you on every day of your life.
>
> Oh, I forgot to add:  the entity Isador also "remembers" what happened to
> me
> and what happened to everyone else who is presently living.
>
> What, I ask, is the difference, exactly, between A and B?


Does anyone ever worry about growing up on the grounds that this is what
will happen to them?

Stathis Papaioannou
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