X-Message-Number: 7957 From: (Mike C.) Subject: Re: And another thing... just a few more things. Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 10:57:46 -0500 >Message #7947 >Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:58:06 -0800 (PST) >From: Joseph Strout <> >Subject: And another thing... > > >We should demand that they are not falsified by common observations, e.g.: Common observations are the best way to prove a thing wrong so we will ignore common observations that prove us wrong. >1. A person is (mostly or entirely) the same person over time. IOW there is no such thing as brainwashing. People can not change their personalities. A coma patient has as much charismatic personality as when awake. >2. A person is not (mostly or at all) the same person as his spouse, > neighbor, etc. IOW no two people are the same( even if they are clones or uploads). >3. If you put the same person in the same situation, he will react > in similar ways. IOW the exact past can be recreated in the present. >4. If person A and person B are (mostly or entirely) the same person, > they will usually have similar knowledge, personality, and other > mental traits. IOW when two people are the same they are similar. >5. A person is (mostly or entirely) the same person after sleep, > hypothermic surgery, etc. IOW things that happen to persons who sleep do not change them. >6. A theory of personal identity should be logically self-consistent. It might help if the observations a theory is based on were not falsifiable. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7957