The idea of observer’s stability is fundamental for our understanding of reality (and also constantly supported by our experience) – any physical experiment assumes that the observer (or experimenter) remains the same during the experiment.
I agree that it’s useful in practice, to anticipate the experiences of the future you which you can actually influence the most. It makes life much more intuitive and simple, and is a practical fundamental assumption to make.
I don’t think it is “supported by our experience,” since if you experienced becoming someone else you wouldn’t actually know it happened, you would think you were them all along.
I admit that although it’s a subjective choice, it’s useful. It’s just that you’re allowed to anticipate becoming anyone else when you die or otherwise cease to have influence.
I can also use functional identity theory, where I care about the next steps of agents functionally similar to my current thought-line in logical time.
The idea of observer’s stability is fundamental for our understanding of reality (and also constantly supported by our experience) – any physical experiment assumes that the observer (or experimenter) remains the same during the experiment.
I agree that it’s useful in practice, to anticipate the experiences of the future you which you can actually influence the most. It makes life much more intuitive and simple, and is a practical fundamental assumption to make.
I don’t think it is “supported by our experience,” since if you experienced becoming someone else you wouldn’t actually know it happened, you would think you were them all along.
I admit that although it’s a subjective choice, it’s useful. It’s just that you’re allowed to anticipate becoming anyone else when you die or otherwise cease to have influence.
I can also use functional identity theory, where I care about the next steps of agents functionally similar to my current thought-line in logical time.