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In my case I made some choices following my belief that we don't have transcendent souls (took transporter), then the game says we do have transcendent souls, s

In my case I made some choices following my belief that we don't have transcendent souls (took transporter), then the game says we do have transcendent souls, so I changed my course of action based on this new knowledge. The game criticized me for being inconsistent, but the new me on Mars is acting on new knowledge to save their life. It's the same choice original me would have made if I'd been alive to make it given the circumstances.

FrustratedMonky 3y ago
The question asked "FOR YOU TO LIVE". What does 'LIVING' mean? If you freeze, and the soul dies, but it doesn't contribute anything, does it matter? You can very well choose to let the soul die, because to you, that isn't what defined life. What this teases out, is if a soul does not provide any information about you, do you care? If the soul does NOT contribute to the next person, and you can't remember it, does it matter? They question outlined that genes, nature-nurture, are what make up a persons personality and memory. The soul does not contribute. Typically people that believe in souls think that they are the essence, even if they don't continue on mentally. They think there is something immaterial that makes them 'alive'. But even in this question, since soul contributes nothing, you can choose to freeze yourself and kill the soul. I choose Freeze. I chose that Psychological continuity defines life. It sounds like you took 'soul' as meaning 'life' and chose that. But that was not necessary to live. From my result: Congratulations! You have survived! You chose: Round 1: It's the teletransporter for me Round 2: I'll take the silicon, thanks Round 3: Freeze me now There are basically three kinds of things that could be required for the continued existence of your self. One is bodily continuity, which may actually require only that parts of the body stay in existence (i.e., the brain). Another is psychological continuity, which requires the continuance of your consciousness - by which is meant your thoughts, ideas, memories, plans, beliefs, and so on. The third possibility is the continued existence of some kind of immaterial part of you, which might be called the soul. Of course, it may be the case that a combination of one or more types of these continuity is required for you to survive.

FrustratedMonky 3y ago

The question asked "FOR YOU TO LIVE". What does 'LIVING' mean? If you freeze, and the soul dies, but it doesn't contribute anything, does it matter? You can very well choose to let the soul die, because to you, that isn't what defined life. What this teases out, is if a soul does not provide any information about you, do you care? If the soul does NOT contribute to the next person, and you can't remember it, does it matter? They question outlined that genes, nature-nurture, are what make up a persons personality and memory. The soul does not contribute. Typically people that believe in souls think that they are the essence, even if they don't continue on mentally. They think there is something immaterial that makes them 'alive'. But even in this question, since soul contributes nothing, you can choose to freeze yourself and kill the soul. I choose Freeze. I chose that Psychological continuity defines life. It sounds like you took 'soul' as meaning 'life' and chose that. But that was not necessary to live. From my result: Congratulations! You have survived! You chose: Round 1: It's the teletransporter for me Round 2: I'll take the silicon, thanks Round 3: Freeze me now There are basically three kinds of things that could be required for the continued existence of your self. One is bodily continuity, which may actually require only that parts of the body stay in existence (i.e., the brain). Another is psychological continuity, which requires the continuance of your consciousness - by which is meant your thoughts, ideas, memories, plans, beliefs, and so on. The third possibility is the continued existence of some kind of immaterial part of you, which might be called the soul. Of course, it may be the case that a combination of one or more types of these continuity is required for you to survive.