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ChristianKl comments on Self-verification - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Nanashi 19 April 2015 11:36PM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 20 April 2015 11:31:17AM 2 points [-]

Tomorrow, all of your memories are going to be wiped.

If that includes semantic memory, then lose my language ability and won't understand the message.

Even with intact semantic memory it likely leaves me in a state without real identity and in that state it will be easy for anyone decently skilled to convince me of a lot of things. It very unlikely that if you strip me of all my memories I will do a decent job at verification.