12-09-2009, 10:48 PM | #11 | |
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Re: Is Transhuman Space a "silly" genre?
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And I know that you have a viewpoint and that it's different from mine. Both are axioms that cannot be rejected without abandoning any possibility of reaching rational conclusions or of communication and discussion. By the very fact that you are discussing what my position is, what I think, and how it differs from what you think, you are accepting that I have a viewpoint. If you didn't believe that, there would be no point in your talking with me. Bill Stoddard |
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12-09-2009, 11:13 PM | #12 | |
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Re: Is Transhuman Space a "silly" genre?
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When you ask a magic 8-ball to give you an answer, you don't believe that there's some supernatural observer 'behind' the question-answering process. Why do you believe there is one behind my question-answering process? |
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12-09-2009, 11:17 PM | #13 | |
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Re: Ghosts and Mind Copies - The Identity Question
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12-10-2009, 12:25 AM | #14 | |
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Re: Ghosts and Mind Copies - The Identity Question
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12-10-2009, 12:27 AM | #15 | |
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Re: Is Transhuman Space a "silly" genre?
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12-10-2009, 12:34 AM | #16 |
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Re: Is Transhuman Space a "silly" genre?
No, no! The idea is that the pragmatist kicks the solipsist in the shin, not that the solipsist kick himself in the shin!
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12-10-2009, 12:37 AM | #17 |
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12-10-2009, 12:47 AM | #18 |
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Re: Is Transhuman Space a "silly" genre?
That's strange. You speak as if it is not the posts and opinions themselves that matter, but who (if any) expresses them. Oh well, it had to end somehow, some-when, I suppose.
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12-10-2009, 05:04 AM | #19 |
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Re: Ghosts and Mind Copies - The Identity Question
The problem with Identity is that there aren't really any good, universally recognized definitions of what an "Identity" actually is. I mean, everybody has a vague idea of what it is supposed to be, and there are some "Common Sense" definitions which most people use - but these work only because today each mind is linked to one and only one specific body. Once this is no longer the case - as in the future of Transhuman Space - the "Common Sense" definitions no longer work and start to contradict each other.
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12-10-2009, 07:35 AM | #20 | |
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Re: Is Transhuman Space a "silly" genre?
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I'd say it's to try and persuade another person your ideas are valid. If there's no-one at the other end, no viewpoint that you want to change, then there's no purpose to the discussion. I wouldn't get into an argument with ELIZA. What would be the point? |
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