gjm comments on Identity and Death - Less Wrong
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I'm not convinced that that's possible, at least according to my idea of what count as big differences.
Further: I think the usual opinion around here is that questions of the form "is this the same person as this?" generally don't have well-defined answers, and that if you find yourself asking one you should figure out what thing it is you really care about. (And, yes, that "does this have cognitive structure and memories very similar to this?" is often quite close to what you really care about when asking that question. But that's not the same as endorsing any particular positive theory of personal identity.) If so, then saying
may be a preference that's no more meaningful than, e.g., "I want my immortal soul to continue living and doing stuff".
[EDITED to fix a typo.]
Could be, I will definitely be happy to see any solid reasons as to why that might be the case.