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Old 12-09-2009, 08:49 AM   #1
whswhs
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Default Ghosts and Mind Copies - The Identity Question

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Originally Posted by mindstalk View Post
Still, it's reproduction of the older me at backup, not of the current me falling off the cliff, and it's that latter perspective I said we didn't have an intuitive handle on.
It seems straightforward to me. The current you falling off the cliff faces death: The final termination of its consciousness. But it has an heir that may carry on for it. It's kind of like leaving the family business to your son. . . .

Bill Stoddard
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