RE: Life after death?
July 20, 2014 at 4:44 pm
(This post was last modified: July 20, 2014 at 4:48 pm by Jenny A.)
(July 20, 2014 at 4:36 pm)Ksa Wrote:(July 20, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Jenny A Wrote: If you begin really considering time as dimension, then in a sense we do die and are reborn every nano second. But when the question is asked, is there life after death, what we mean is will I be in the next nano second after all brain function finally ceases, and the answer is no.
Why not? There's plenty of life forming around you besides new neurons in your head...
Sure there will continue to be some life after my death. It's just that the brain function I'm fond of calling me, won't be part of it, though the atoms that make up me, undoubtedly will be.
(July 20, 2014 at 1:01 pm)Cato Wrote:(July 11, 2014 at 6:50 pm)Ksa Wrote: Why would it not be you?
The fact that You (Y) and Other Universe You (OUY) occupy different locations by default means that they are not identical. A simple thought experiment should dismantle whatever remains of the idea of sameness.
Given your notion of an exact copy in another universe I can accept the idea that if we were to instantaneously interchange Y and OUY, neither would know the difference. But, what would happen if we introduced them? The immediate divergence of experience destroys any notion that we are dealing with the same person. Also, I don't think it unreasonable to conclude that Y, upon introduction, will immediately conclude that OUY is someone else despite the uncanny resemblance.
My transporter analogy much more simply and clearly put. Thank you.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.