<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 4:24 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">William Flynn Wallace</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">foozler83@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 8:26 AM<br>Subject: Re: [ExI] Open Individualism<br>To: ExI chat list <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">There is nothing wrong with any theory that yields testable predictions. But it seems that open individualism can only be tested with things, like uploading,</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It can only be tested personally. So even if you see others upload and claim to have survived you (from the third person witness to the uploading) are still no wiser to the fact of whether or not it is *really you* who survives. So it will always require some "leap of faith" to take that step. We can, however, with logic and study of problems in, and theories of, personal identity, gain some confidence in the answer.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"> that we can't do now.</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There's much we can do already. Such as the Wada tested, and split brain surgeries, as well as reviving people after months or years in a coma (where most of your material is replaced), or brain surgery, where we directly modify your brain while you're unconscious. We can ask, does one survive such a discontinuity?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">"Anything is possible." OK we'll go with that. Just prove it. Endless speculation is for SportsCenter. bill w</div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">"</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There's already strong probabilistic arguments favoring open individualism compared to the others. And closed individualism seems to me, at best ad hoc, and at worst inconsistent/incoherent. It's not something you need to speculate much over, more so just a topic that is worth learning about to better prepare yourself for the coming future.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jason </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 5:26 PM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 at 23:12, Jason Resch <<a href="mailto:jasonresch@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jasonresch@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 4:26 PM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Ask an AI -<br>
>> In Open Individualism, what does it mean to say "There is only one person"?<br>
>><br>
>> Answer-<br>
>> In Open Individualism, the statement "There is only one person" is a<br>
>> philosophical proposition that challenges the conventional notion of<br>
>> personal identity and individuality.<br>
><br>
><br>
> I would say it only challenges the conventional notion of personal identity, but that it has no bearing on individuality.<br>
>Jason<br>
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Question -<br>
What do you mean by "challenges the conventional notion of<br>
personal identity and individuality".<br>
<br>
Answer -<br>
When I mention that Open Individualism challenges the conventional<br>
notion of personal identity and individuality, I mean that it presents<br>
a perspective that goes against the traditional understanding of what<br>
it means to be an individual person.<br>
<br>
In conventional thinking, personal identity is often associated with<br>
the idea that each person is a distinct and separate entity with their<br>
own unique consciousness and experiences. This understanding suggests<br>
that personal identity is defined by characteristics such as memories,<br>
physicality, and psychological attributes that differentiate one<br>
person from another.<br>
<br>
However, Open Individualism questions this conventional understanding<br>
by proposing that personal identity is ultimately an illusion. It<br>
suggests that the boundaries we perceive between individuals are not<br>
fundamental or real, but rather a result of our limited perspective or<br>
subjective experience.<br>
<br>
Open Individualism argues that, at a fundamental level, all conscious<br>
beings share a common underlying consciousness or personhood. It<br>
suggests that personal identity is not something inherent to<br>
individual consciousnesses but rather a product of our limited<br>
perception and the way we identify with specific bodies, minds, and<br>
memories.<br>
<br>
By challenging the conventional notion of personal identity and<br>
individuality, Open Individualism invites us to reconsider our<br>
understanding of what it means to be a person and the nature of<br>
consciousness itself. It raises profound philosophical questions about<br>
the relationship between individuals, the self, and the broader<br>
universe.<br>
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<br>
BillK<br>
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