(March 29, 2016 at 3:35 pm)robvalue Wrote: Except... it's not "you", in any meaningful sense, is it?
Like you say, the idea of the self is a very confusing subject. What counts as "you" is rather debatable.
To be honest, rob, I don't think it is debatable. A modern understanding of neurology makes the answer very clear: it's certainly not 'you'.
'You' are described as an emergent property of your specific brain. Even if every single aspect of your brain was successfully cloned, it would be a copy of your brain and not your brain. Consequently if you were to die, your awareness would not suddenly reawaken on the activation of your clone, your clone's awareness would awaken instead. 'You' would still be dead and an imposter would be in your place, albeit one who is, in every way, under the impression that he is 'you'.
Sum ergo sum
