Kingreaper comments on A proposal for a cryogenic grave for cryonics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kingreaper 09 July 2010 12:45:26PM 1 point [-]

Unfortunately, I think the pattern theory of identity (according to which your copy is still you) is an illusion, and that this is all cryonics is likely to provide - a way to make copies of the frozen originals.

Would you also disagree with the pattern theory of identity as applied to, say, a game of chess?

Imagine I am playing chess on a chessboard with a friend, and then we have to go home, and I copy down the positions of all the pieces and put the board away. The next day, we get out another board, put the pieces into their positions, and start playing from there.

Are we playing the same game of chess?

Comment author: Blueberry 09 July 2010 06:35:21PM 2 points [-]

No, it then becomes a Zombie Chess game.