[ExI] Let's play What If.

[Stefano Vaj]

On 3 November 2010 07:04, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

My point is that no possible evidence would make you a "copy". The
"original" would in any event from your perspective simply a fork behind.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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