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Slider comments on The Useful Definition of "I" - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: ete 28 May 2014 11:44AM

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Comment author: Slider 28 May 2014 05:56:08PM -1 points [-]

Why exclude the unconcious?

And you still have the very analog problem of separating different incarnations. I guess the plus side is you can be content when experience doesn't neatly factor into multiple agents instead of treating it as a problem.

Comment author: Thomas 28 May 2014 06:58:46PM *  -1 points [-]

Who said anything about separation?

The consciousnesses operates inside a mental architecture, memories, emotions around it, whatever those surroundings might be.

A techno-telepathic link should be enlightening. The narrow bandwidth between brains we have now, creates this illusion of uniqueness and of dependence of certain memories.

It's counter-intuitive, but no absolute up-down direction -- is also counter-intuitive!