Comment on [Poll] Less Wrong and Mainstream Philosophy: How Different are We?

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:35:33 GMT

I'm not sure what you mean by "the original" here.

Suppose the atom-for-atom duplicate were constructed (for sound technical reasons) inside a duplication chamber, and it came to awareness inside that chamber. Would it claim that it had somehow had been swapped into the chamber and the duplicate swapped out, without it noticing? Or would it acknowledge that it had been constructed in the duplication chamber, but claim to be the original nonetheless?

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