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Comment author: [deleted] 19 June 2011 11:47:43AM 0 points [-]

Our true self is the far one, not the near one. (Why? The opposite is equally plausible. Or the falsehood of the near/far model in general.

Because any decision to self-modify will more likley than not be determined more by my future self.

Comment author: Thomas 19 June 2011 12:16:40PM 0 points [-]

Because any decision to self-modify will more likley than not be determined more by my future self.

It can't be. Only by the current self.

Comment author: [deleted] 19 June 2011 12:28:07PM *  0 points [-]

If I sign up to be uploaded into a computer six months from now, which part of me made the decision? My current self is biased towards keeping previous commitments.

By the time technology and society change enough for self-modification to be a current self affair, current self will already be heavily modified.

Comment author: Thomas 19 June 2011 03:05:50PM 0 points [-]

Non the less. The current makes decisions in expecting something from the decisions made. There is no time reversal causality here.

Comment author: [deleted] 19 June 2011 07:48:56PM *  0 points [-]

Perhaps this is clearer formulation:

Because any decision to self-modify will more likley than not be determined more by my future self['s values than my current self's values].