[7:06] Oswy Gothly: My first reaction was to say No how could I possibly be numerically identical with an Avatar. On reflection well a short reflection I think I am going to say yes but with qualification. Last time I was trying to make the point that Personal Identity (PI) was to do with a complex of mental features such as memory etc. But he complex had to be embodied in something material, a body, a brain etc. Since I dont believe in souls or ghosts I dont see PI which by the way seems to me to be the same sort of thing as consciousness, as being capaqble of free floating. So if the mentl thing that is me is here typing and the projection of some of me is Oswy Gothly, I can hardly believe i am saying this, then in some sense the pixels on the screen embody me. So to that limited sense I am my Avatar.
Philosophical discussion which is clearly enhanced by the use of SL
