[extropy-chat] Re: cryonics (was: Science and Fools)

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 09:53:31PM +0000, ben wrote:

> And, yes, i know that this leads to the problem of who is who if you are
> copied, with the original still existing after the copying process. I

A static image pending execution is a potential you. N instantiated
synchronized images is you still. N diverging clones thereof are rapidly 
becoming somebody else.

Pulling the latter on an unsuspecting person is nasty. Don't do that.
(We'd sue for damages).

> don't actually think there is a problem. You are both you. Two you's.
> Both equally and completely you.
> Does this make no sense? Only, i think, to a dualist. It might be
> difficult to grasp, but so's quantum mechanics. That doesn't make it untrue.

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