Oh I see what you meant now. You don’t become somebody else, which implies there’s an existing mental state that has existed before- you become somebody new.
No, not somebody new. The same consciousness algorithm is running and I am indistinguishable from the consciousness algorithm.
It is not I am you”, it is I am equal consciousness and You are equal consciousness. Therefor *I am you.
For you can change every part of your body and every piece of your memories. Until you are self aware, it’s you. Even with a different body somewhere else.
At no point you are exactly the same, as you were seconds ago.
Oh I see what you meant now. You don’t become somebody else, which implies there’s an existing mental state that has existed before- you become somebody new.
No, not somebody new. The same consciousness algorithm is running and I am indistinguishable from the consciousness algorithm.
It is not I am you”, it is I am equal consciousness and You are equal consciousness. Therefor *I am you.
For you can change every part of your body and every piece of your memories. Until you are self aware, it’s you. Even with a different body somewhere else.
Just wondering, does Less Wrong have a procedure for understanding concepts that are incredibly distant from direct experience?