X-Message-Number: 25396
From: "Valera Retyunin" <>
Subject: To Francois, another supposition
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 16:10:08 +0300

>Suppose I am anesthetized and put through an atom for atom copying process.
>My copy and I are then placed in a room together and allowed to wake up. We
>are not told which is the original and which is the copy. Is there a way
for
>us to decide simply by careful introspection? If there isn't, are the
>notions of original and copy still important?

Suppose you are anesthetised and put through an atom for atom copying
process. You are then painlessly killed and buried with royal honours. You
were not told you would be killed, or you were but believed you would awaken
in the copy's body. Your copy then wakes up with a mind of its own. You are
gone, and can't even realise it. Your copy is perfectly happy, as are any
ignorant friends and relatives. Are the
notions of original and copy still unimportant to you?

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