[extropy-chat] Altered genes let roundworms wiggle longer

[Harvey Newstrom]

On Saturday, March 27, 2004, at 06:17 pm, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:

>
> On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, March 27, 2004, at 04:48 pm, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>>> There are going to be people who insist that they want the original
>>> atoms in the original form.
>>
>> Has anybody ever really claimed this on this list?
>
> Harvey -- to the best of my knowledge nobody on the list has
> attempted to assert this.  I did offer it as the straw-man
> because I suspect there are a *lot* of people in the world
> who (being unexposed to the list and its related educational
> aspects) might take that position.

I doubt this.  I think it is a non-issue and the wrong problem to solve.

Specifically:  I think the real concern is not whether we can attach 
the label "self" to new copies, but whether we can *detach* this label 
from the original or pre-existing copies that are already identified as 
"self".

Also:  I don't recall anybody objecting to the *creation* of copies.  
People only seem violently opposed to the *destruction* of the original 
or pre-existing copies.

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