Posted by alexandra_k on August 17, 2005, at 22:56:21
In reply to I, posted by Dinah on August 17, 2005, at 22:35:55
:-)
This reminds me of a puzzle...David Lewis (may he rip) thinks that time is discrete which is to say that it is just a series of instants.
A time slice of Dinah is Dinah at a particular instant in time (let us say t1). Then time moves foward to the next instant (t2) and thus we have another time slice of Dinah.
What is the relation between the t1 time slice of Dinah and the t2 time slice of Dinah? Many of the properties (incl. likes and dislikes etc) have changed...
He thinks that at t2 whosoever bears the greatest relation to t1 Dinah gets to be Dinah.
I do hope I'm not misrepresenting him...
And that means that you are more related to time slices that are closer in time rather than the time slices that are further away in time.
Though if my memory serves me rightly this might not quite work:
t1 - properties a, b, c, d
t2 - properties a, b, c, e
t3 - properties a, b, e, f
t4 - properties a, b, c, e
t5 - properties a, b, c, dWhere t1 bears greater resemblance to t5 than it does for t3.
Still, that aside... Why save money? Better one dollar for me today than 10 dollars in a couple months for something that is merely related to me ;-)
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