X-Message-Number: 14673
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:46:09 -0500
From: david pizer <>
Subject: Take the "Pizer" test

Take the Pizer Test

I have devised a quick test to see if you do or do not think that a
duplicate is you.  I have named it the "Pizer" test and I have mentioned
the scenario several times in the past. But here it is again, in test form.
 If you are not sure which side of the fence you fall on if and when a
duplicate of you is made, the Pizer test will help you make up your mind, now.

1.	Assume an exact duplicate of you has just been created, and the
instructor tells you that you have to pass a test before you or the
duplicate can leave.  

2.	You and the duplicate are sitting across from each other in a room.
There is a gun on the table.  The instructor tells you there is not enough
room for you and the duplicate in the universe (or some other valid reason
why only one of you can continue to exist).  One of you can have
immortality and eternal happiness and one of you has to be shot, and it has
to be done now.

3.	The instructor says that you have to shoot either the duplicate or
yourself, or else he will have to shoot both of you.  You are not allowed
to shoot the instructor.

Only if you are willing to shoot yourself do you show that you believe the
duplicate is you.

If you choose to shoot the duplicate, either you do not believe the
duplicate is you, or you are not sure.

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