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Originally Posted by asdfasdf32
I don't mean to say (as per your example) that they're the *same* electron, just that both are electrons.
Right. I'm just saying there's no inherent contradiction.
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Originally Posted by you
For someone to do so it would seem they're holding contradictory views.
We cannot both say X=Y and X≠Y.
I think the last line *CAN* be said. Two things can be completely identical and be distinct, and this is not strange at all.
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By 100% indistinguishable I mean exactly that, the same in every way (so far as anyone can, or ever will, tell)—physically identical.
- Assume an alien race created and sent an exact copy of you to your doorstep. Is or isn't this alternate Aaron human?
- Assume an alien race created and sent an exact copy of your doormat to your doorstep. Is or isn't this alternate doormat a doormat?
Let's go back to your original statement, because I think something got lost in translation.
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Originally Posted by you, two quotes lumped together and paraphrased
So, if a robot could be made such that it's 100% indistinguishable from human... it would be a human
What is a robot? What is a human? What do you mean by a robot that is 100% indistinguishable from human? Is it a robot?