Re: David Gerrold - War with the Cthorr

In article <g0dhdr$10f$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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William December Starr <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In article <g0cave$jt6$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>mchary@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Michael Alan Chary) said:
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>> I'm basing it on the fact that there is a psyche made up of
>> experiences.  A copy on me wouldn't have the experience of being
>> born from my mother's womb.
>
>In what way would it not have the exact same psyche and experiences
>as you had as of the time of your data having been scanned?

Well, in the sense of how other people react to it. 

>
>> It's not merely whether *you* think that you are you.  There's a
>> social element to you.  A copy would have a different set of
>> social reaction to it even if not from it.  That would affect its
>> ability to deal in the real world.
>
>Here you seem to be speaking of divergence between two instances of
>the same person, as they ac***ulate different experiences.  That's
>an obvious phenomenon, but it doesn't seem to speak to the question
>of whether they both are equally "really" the initial instance, plus
>some aging, or whether only one of them can legitimately claim that
>title.

Okay, why *would* they be the same?
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