Re: Immortality

From: Emlyn (emlyn@one.net.au)
Date: Sun Dec 10 2000 - 20:55:40 MST


John Clark wrote:
> Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> Wrote:
>
> > Your duplicate earth doesn't explain anything. It merely restates
> > your position. You claim that the duplicates are somehow connected
> > or mystically "one". But you don't explain why you claim this.
>
> If you're on the Extropian list I assume you believe that mind is what the
brain
> does, if the brains are identical then what they're doing is identical and
so the mind
> is identical and the feeling of self is identical. That doesn't seem very
mystical to me.

John, whenever you've got more than 1 $100 bill in your wallet, could you
please send it to me in the mail? You lose nothing, because all the bills
were identical, and thus "one", in any case. In fact, I'll pop $5 in your
bank account for each one you send, thus putting you ahead of the game!

Emlyn



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