Metaphysics, intelligence, God

[MrRubix]

Sorry, been busy.

What I mean is that you can have a certain function -- but its composition is irrelevant to the extent that atoms swap in for its structure over time. Even though the end-state may be of completely different atom-source than the initial state, it's the same functionality.

Consider that, if the physical argument is indeed true, this makes sense. The observer depends entirely on the functions that derive it. So why does this also make sense with different atoms? If you're making a replica with different atoms, that is a different source. Yes, the end results may be isomorphic, but we're talking about the same body, here. We're technically shedding our atoms over time and, under your argument implications, "shifting our observer from one body to the next," which is true -- but we are not shifting our observer, just maintaining our core functionalities and changing its structure slowly over time.

If you're saying "kill person X, why isn't person Y acceptable now because they're made up of the same atoms that X would have become anyway/you then imply a linkage to atoms/etc." Yes, atoms matter to the extent that they define a structure, but do not matter in terms of the functionality itself, which is what gives us our perspectives. We're talking a swap here through the same body.

There is a difference between bringing about a 100% swap over time and just pointing to a replica. The implications are different.