Admittedly our DNA is the earliest version of our selfs, but if we don’t care about the temporal parts of our selfs but only about a static algorithmic description of a certain spatiotemporal position, then what’s wrong with that?
Under your logic should identical twins self-identify as each other?
Under your logic should identical twins self-identify as each other?
No? I guess I didn’t make that clear enough but I was actually arguing against it when I further wrote, “It seems a lot, we stop caring about past reifications of our selfs...”. At the end I conclude that the only time-consistent and reliable definition of identity can be based upon an agents utility function and therefore any agent that does not exhibit goal-stability will be prone to make inconsistent decisions.
Under your logic should identical twins self-identify as each other?
A second thought, yes if human values and goals are genetically encoded then we should identify with our twins to the extent that it matters much more if two agents share the same utility-function than if they share a causal history. But I believe that human values are largely a part of our upbringing, culture and education. I am not sure if humans exhibit stable goals but believe it would be important to find out what goals are universal and unmodifiable.
Under your logic should identical twins self-identify as each other?
To a large extent, most do.
No? I guess I didn’t make that clear enough but I was actually arguing against it when I further wrote, “It seems a lot, we stop caring about past reifications of our selfs...”. At the end I conclude that the only time-consistent and reliable definition of identity can be based upon an agents utility function and therefore any agent that does not exhibit goal-stability will be prone to make inconsistent decisions.
A second thought, yes if human values and goals are genetically encoded then we should identify with our twins to the extent that it matters much more if two agents share the same utility-function than if they share a causal history. But I believe that human values are largely a part of our upbringing, culture and education. I am not sure if humans exhibit stable goals but believe it would be important to find out what goals are universal and unmodifiable.