From: John K Clark (johnkclark@fastmail.fm)
Date: Sat Mar 08 2008 - 11:24:29 MST
Krekoski writes
> Lets also say that each clone is housed
> in a small computer, maybe 10cm x 10cm x 10cm in size.
Sounds like the box made of bone on top of your shoulders that houses
your computer.
> If we create several instantiations of this program,
> several of these computers so to speak, and housed
> them in the same building. would there only be one
> instantiation of consciousness
Yes, there would be only one consciousness. That would be very
mysterious if consciousness were a noun, but it’s not so it isn’t. And
that would be true even if they weren’t in the same building, or even
the same galaxy.
John K Clark
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