In #7975 Transoniq Hacker <trnsoniq@teleport.com> On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 Wrote:
>call me old-fashioned, but the *second* somebody says, "It seems
>to have worked. Two things that are identical in all ways are the
>same thing. A *IS* A. We might as well dispose of the original..."
>well, he'll be over THERE, and *I'll* be out the goddamn door.
But your double will not be over THERE because he'll be running for the door
just as fast as you do, he's identical to you remember, so both of you are
equally certain that he and only he is the one true original. Of course, if
I said "you I will destroy in 10 seconds but you I will not" then your
scenario would be correct, but then the two would no longer be identical,
one of you would be undergoing a terrifying, life changing, experience while
the other one was not.
John K Clark johnkc@well.com
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