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| Jun 25, 2015 at 18:45 | comment | added | Count Iblis | @jamesqf Identical twins are not exact copies. An exact copy will by definition have to have the same identity as the person had at the time the copy was made, otherwise it couldn't have been an exact copy. Everything you can experience is, in principle, a measurement of your physical state. An exact copy of your physical state would thus be sufficient. In practice, the copy need not be exact, because what you experience is encoded by your brain and there are many different physical states that would yield the same experience. | |
| Jun 25, 2015 at 18:11 | comment | added | jamesqf | But the copy is not itself, any more than your identical twin is you. | |
| Jun 24, 2015 at 18:44 | comment | added | user8887 | A very creative, outside-the-box answer. I like it! | |
| Jun 24, 2015 at 18:40 | history | answered | Count Iblis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |