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-2 Post author: Eitan_Zohar 09 July 2015 03:53PM

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Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 15 July 2015 07:05:05PM *  -2 points [-]

Oh, and as near as I can tell you're concluding that sleep gives us new information about what world we're in because you falsely assume we have the potential option of not sleeping.

Not even close; I went over this extensively in a previous thread.

Comment author: hairyfigment 15 July 2015 07:23:41PM 1 point [-]

Where? Because your demon sounds like exactly what I'm talking about, and it illustrates some kind of weird disconnect. If these "copies" don't have my memories (nor much of my personality, if I understand the motivation for this scenario, nor my genes or appearance), why should I identify with them? And what do you picture happening to these strangers that upsets you so?

Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 16 July 2015 03:28:51AM -1 points [-]

No, I'm saying that under Dust Theory our memories and perceptions ground us in our universe, and that losing grasp of them blurs the outside world beyond recognition.

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