(March 31, 2016 at 6:48 pm)chasbanner Wrote: Ben Davis: Actually both people can be you at the same time. Saying that “two people can’t be the same person at the same time” is a proof of the importance of continuity is circular reasoning.
People are defined by Continuity because…
one people can’t be in two bodies at the same time because…
People are defined by Continuity
The fact that they are in two separate bodies just isn’t as important as people think. Consider copies of books. All of the copies of the “catcher in the rye” are one book.
Clones would of course become more different as time passes and less the same person.
Hi Chas, I think you've missed my point. All the evidence tells us that your subjective experience, your awareness, your 'consciousness' ceases to exist when your specific brain dies. 'You' can never be reincarnated, no matter what the method is. I caveated that point with the understanding that a 'good enough' clone would be considered by others to be 'you' but it would not actually be 'you', instead a copy.
Sum ergo sum
