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.

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