Yes, in the text I imply that we are talking about duplicates that co-exist because I didn’t want to overcomplicate things in an already complicated post, but indeed the versions of your past and future self are almost certainly imperfect copies of you. And I’m not just talking about memory, I’m talking about fundamental structure changes as well. “How much you is a different you?” is a very important question to answer.
I’m only talking about it to show it isn’t a good answer. But obviously change still happens[citation needed] so a way of quantifying it would be nice.
Haven’t read it yet, I’ll get back to you on that one
EDIT: Just read it…
Do you seem the two lines of thinking/inquiry as complementary?
Sorta? I haven’t read his entire sequence yet so maybe I’m misinterpreting him, but it looks like he is trying to save objectivity, whereas I have already given up and accepted that these lines we draw will always be subjective. But maybe I’m wrong, maybe there is a way. I would be interested to see what he would think of this post or patternism in general.
I would have thought the time to worry was when your pattern changes.
Yes, in the text I imply that we are talking about duplicates that co-exist because I didn’t want to overcomplicate things in an already complicated post, but indeed the versions of your past and future self are almost certainly imperfect copies of you. And I’m not just talking about memory, I’m talking about fundamental structure changes as well. “How much you is a different you?” is a very important question to answer.
If patternism isn’t a good answer, why talk about it?
I’m only talking about it to show it isn’t a good answer. But obviously change still happens[citation needed] so a way of quantifying it would be nice.
This seems related to the post on Pointing to a flower. Do you seem the two lines of thinking/inquiry as complementary?
Haven’t read it yet, I’ll get back to you on that one
EDIT: Just read it…
Sorta? I haven’t read his entire sequence yet so maybe I’m misinterpreting him, but it looks like he is trying to save objectivity, whereas I have already given up and accepted that these lines we draw will always be subjective. But maybe I’m wrong, maybe there is a way. I would be interested to see what he would think of this post or patternism in general.
EDIT 2: I asked him for a comment, you can read it here: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/q5beZEfdoNsjL6TWm/a-problem-with-patternism?commentId=QiKffQjLgv9mSmwML#MW3R2SutxgzaZk2Rq