SpicyAnt@mander.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoTeleportation machines exist. Most people use them, and they come out the other side just fine. Would you use them?message-squaremessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTeleportation machines exist. Most people use them, and they come out the other side just fine. Would you use them?SpicyAnt@mander.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square87linkfedilinkfile-text
Would it make a difference if the laws of physics prevent or allow a machine from operating in ‘duplicate’ mode?
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoEmerson Green convinced me that p-zombies are plausible. So there’s no way to know if a teleporter would end your consciousness.
minus-squaresomename [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoP-zombies always seemed like anti-materialist navel gazing to me. I don’t think they’re meaningfully possible.
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoFrom my perspective, it is the materialists who are navel-gazing.
minus-squarewoodenghost [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoMaybe not from the outside, but you’d still know if you’re conscious, right?
Emerson Green convinced me that p-zombies are plausible. So there’s no way to know if a teleporter would end your consciousness.
P-zombies always seemed like anti-materialist navel gazing to me. I don’t think they’re meaningfully possible.
From my perspective, it is the materialists who are navel-gazing.
Maybe not from the outside, but you’d still know if you’re conscious, right?