(March 15, 2015 at 2:53 pm)Jenny A Wrote:(March 15, 2015 at 3:12 am)Alex K Wrote: The you from yesterday might have suffered the same fate, and you might be going to as well, in a moment. Who says there is now the type of personal continuity we desire , without uploading or duplicating. Is it a testable notion whether this continuity of the self as you desire it even exists?
I doubt very much that my notion of continuity of self is testable. What would be the difference from the outside between me, and an exact replica of me with all my memories. So, no, I can't be truly certain of that continuity. But, I'm pretty certain that there would be no continuity between me and a replica of me.
Yeah yeah, you're just following the old wisdom "In case of doubt, err on the side of not getting atomized". I totally get that
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
