Experimental discontinuity argument
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Experimental discontinuity argument
Arguments for singularity create experimental discontinuities. An experimental discontinuity is a major change in a system or experiment when the same changes before did not cause this kind of change. There exists discrete changes and continuum changes is a system. For example, a continuum change would be the replacement of the same atom in the same physical state (excitement etc.). Where as a discrete change would be a replacement of an atom of one element with an atom of another element in a molecule.
The predicted effects of Continuum changes should be viewed with suspicion when they, at one point, produce a major change in the system without experimental evidence.
System failure can seem to be produced by a very small continuum change but this is usually a case of the avalanche effect. But for the avalanche effect to occur there has to be enough of a change to create the avalanche initiator.
The statement "The straw that broke the camels back." is a saying of a small change that produced a big effect.
A small change in the physipath or physapath producing a large change in the consciousness, or ixperiencitness (awarepath or ixpepath). is unacceptable in most circumstances, unless backed up with experimental evidence.
Experimental Continuity Postulate states that under most circumstances small changes in the physipath or physapath will result in small changes in the awarepath and ixpepath. When this is not the case there needs to be direct experimental evidence or a sound logical argument based on indirect experimental evidence. It also applies to all experiments in general. When this is not true there is usually an unknown causal factor at work.
Many experiments meant to disprove the Identireplica theory and the itomultiplity consequence, use experimental discontinuity somewhere in their argument. For example , assimilation, restoration, length of death, replacement of matter, and split body arguments for singularity all use experimental discontinuity at some point in the argument.
Time of death arguments how long can a person be dead before he is brought back to life and still have the same ixperiencitness
Replacement of matter arguments How fast can you replace the matter in a body and still continue to have the same ixperiencitness?