[extropy-chat] I keep asking myself...

[kevinfreels.com]

Of course, looking at this from the copy's perspective is a bit different:

I am a copy that was created to go into space on a deep exploration. Well, I'm really angry about this!My original made me for this, but as an exact copy, I have no more desire to go myself than he does. Perhaps the original should go and leave me here. He wants to send me off to what may be certain death. I;ll never see my family again - unless he makes copies of them to go with me. But really, why SHOULD I go? How can he make me go? And once I leave, what makes him think I am going to do what he wants? Maybe I'll just kill the jerk this evening and take his place.

Perhaps semi-sentient, copies that replicate part but not all of our personalities will be more practical.......

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Bradbury 
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  Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 2:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] I keep asking myself...



  I agree with Ben (regarding what I do with my information is my business).

  As an aside with a slight spoiler I'll note that I believe the old SciFi novel "The Saga of the Cuckoo" has an interesting sub-plot involving how uncomfortable a space explorer becomes with the idea of stepping into the self-Xerox machine to make yet another copy of himself after having witnessed a dozen or so of his previous copies fail to return from various exploration missions.  The argument "Don't worry, you'll be the original" only succeeds just so many times... 

  Robert




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