[ExI] Let's play What If.

Stathis Papaioannou stathisp at gmail.com
Wed Nov 3 06:04:20 UTC 2010


2010/11/3 Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>:
> 2010/10/31 John Clark <jonkc at bellsouth.net>
>>
>> Actually its quite difficult to come up with a scenario where the copy
>> DOES instantly know he is the copy.
>>
>
> Mmhhh. Nobody ever feels to be a copy. What you could become aware is that
> somebody forked in the past (as in "a copy left behind"). That he is the
> "original" is a matter of perspective...

Think about what you would say and do if provided with evidence that
you are actually a copy, replaced while the original you was sleeping
some time last week.


-- 
Stathis Papaioannou



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