RobinZ comments on Open Thread: May 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ata 13 May 2010 08:47:02AM 1 point [-]

Rationality comix!

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Edit: "Whoever did the duplication" would be a better answer than "The guy who came first", admittedly. The duplicate and original would both believe themselves to be the original, or, if they are a rationalist, would probably withhold judgment.

Comment author: RobinZ 13 May 2010 12:26:22PM 3 points [-]

Speaking as an engineer, I'd think he wasn't talking about subjective aspects: "The guy who came first" is the one which was copied (perfectly) to make the clone, and therefore existed before the clone existed.