It’s not that one has to have their one true definition all laid out before any progress can be made.
But if one cannot make any physical predictions if all atoms are “fleem” rather than not fleem, it’s usually better to take a break from worrying about whether atoms are fleem. You might just be getting sidetracked by the ol’ blegg/rube problem.
I can’t make any physical prediction from the fact that I am myself, rather than someone else. It doesn’t stop me from caring about myself more than about other people.
It’s not that one has to have their one true definition all laid out before any progress can be made.
But if one cannot make any physical predictions if all atoms are “fleem” rather than not fleem, it’s usually better to take a break from worrying about whether atoms are fleem. You might just be getting sidetracked by the ol’ blegg/rube problem.
I can’t make any physical prediction from the fact that I am myself, rather than someone else. It doesn’t stop me from caring about myself more than about other people.
I think you are confusing a lack of highly available consequences of being you, with a known lack of consequences.