[ExI] simulation as an improvement over reality.

[John Clark]

avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com wrote:
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>> By definition, a copy, even a perfect one, would be not be experienced by you from within.

 Ben Zaiboc wrote:
> 
> This makes no sense.  We're talking about a copy of *everything that makes you you*.  By definition, this must include whatever it is that is the 'you-ness' of you!  Therefore, a copy of you *is a you*, exactly as a copy of Beethoven's 5th is Beethoven's 5th.  The copy will be experiencing being you. How could it possibly be otherwise?

I too would love to respond to Avantguardian's Email by asking him how something can be absolutely positively 100% identical and radically different at exactly the same time, but unfortunately I cannot do so, as I mentioned before I have no originals of Mr. Avantguardian's posts to work with; so I must remain mute.

 John K Clark

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