[extropy-chat] Meta re recurring threads was Personal Identity Bis

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 4/15/07, Keith Henson <hkhenson at rogers.com> wrote:

Materialists, i.e., engineering types, for the most part agree with you
> that an identical copy of a person (or a computer) is equivalent and for
> the most part can't imagine why anyone would have a different opinion.
>

You probably feel that way after these many long discussions. If you ask
someone at random who has a scientific view of the world, it is not a
foregone conclusion that he will agree. Perhaps that's unfortunate, but it's
the way it is.

Stathis Papaioannou
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