Idoriginal argument for multiplicity
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What will the consciousness and ixperiencitness be that is produced by an idoriginal. The idoriginal is the closest thing to that of the original. It is closer than a cidentireplica is to the original. This is because the idoriginal will have, by definition, the same life experiences as the original does. All the external circumstances that went into creating the original went into creating the idoriginal. All that is required of the cidentireplica is identical S&F.
John Stuart Mill thoughts on immortality: deals with the idea that if the conditions existed once for your ixperiencitness to exist why can it not happen again?
If it is just the concept of the cidentireplica that makes it have a different consciousness, it could be that the original could be a cidentireplica itself. This may seem unlikely but we have no ideas how many universes are out there and how long they have existed so we have no way of really determining if there have ever been an original copy of an cidentireplica or not.
If cidentireplicas always have a different consciousness than their original only applies to
Why does the cidentireplica making process alone produce a difference in consciousness? If this is the case we invent the concept of the idoriginal -- a naturally occurring original that happens to be identical to some other original. It could have existed before during or after the original in time but produced in exactly the same way as the original was. Where as it does not matter how a cidentireplica comes to be the way it is such as the instantaneously assembly of matter
I do not want to imply with this argument that only one consciousness can be produced from one brain at a time but there will be the consciousness of the original produced in the brain of the cidentireplica. Nor does this argument purpose that there can not be an observer consciousness that experiences all the conscious characteristics of the original. (Perspective on a consciousness argument) It is fairly easy to imagine experiencing what some one else's sensepath is. This is imaging smelling, seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting something different. It is harder to sense his actual other consciousness aspects that he is experiences. But we can also imagine this also like having the feeling of sadness, happiness, or foreboding. Or for skills like understanding a foreign language, mathematics or playing a piano. Does this make you the original or the cidentireplica no but it does give you insight into his life. How do you create this experience for you? You start with your brain now and you modify the signals to replicate the nervous system signals coming in from your senses. Then you modify the your brain to feel the emotions etc that the original feels. It must be kept in mind that the exact same nervous system signals that effects the original will not likely have exactly the same effect on you. So a modification will have to occur for you to experience the consciousness of someone else as an observer will require a different sf than that of the cidentireplica or original so an observer can experience the consciousness of the original and cidentireplica it will be a different consciousness produced with a different S&F.