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This is a philosophical, not a technical 'paradox'. In your model, why would the ability to make copies, based on the complete information you have successfull
by nautilius 5y ago
This is a philosophical, not a technical 'paradox'.
In your model, why would the ability to make copies, based on the complete information you have successfully gathered, stop the instance you destroy the original?
- adrian_b 5y agoI have already said that once the information is obtained destructively, making any number of copies should be possible. All the copies would start with the same memories the original had before being destroyed, but after that they would all live different experiences. I have replied to the question why the destroying of the original might be necessary. With the currently existing techniques we can imagine how complete information may be obtained destructively. We do not know any method that could allow us to obtain complete information about a body non-destructively. All the known imaging and spectroscopic methods can determine partial information about the internal composition of a solid body but even when using all of them there is no chance of obtaining complete information.
- nautilius 5y agoYour sentence “it should be possible to make any number of copies, all of them starting with identical memories until the moment when the original was destroyed.” is not unique, but now I understand what you want to say.