[ExI] Uploads are self

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 24/03/2026 14:10, Jason Resch  wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 9:50 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>     On 24/03/2026 12:08, Jason Resch wrote:
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>>     functionalism is silent on the question of which experiences instantiated in which places are experience[s] you can expect to be yours.
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>     I agree with John here.
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>     Functionalism says that you can expect the experiences in your own mind to belong to you, and nobody else (even if other people have very similar, or even identical, experiences, which of course we can't actually verify).
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> That makes no sense to me. If "identical experiences" are found in two different minds, how can it be that this experience belongs to "you and nobody else"?


Ok, I see what you mean. Maybe I phrased it badly.

What I'm trying to say is that your own experiences have no link to other people's, even if they are identical. They may be the same (although nobody could tell), but they are in different places (different minds), so it doesn't matter. In fact, we can dispense with the concept of similarity or sameness altogether, it's irrelevant. What happens in your mind stays in your mind, and that's all that needs to be said.

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Ben