[extropy-chat] What should survive and why?

[Damien Broderick]

At 09:50 PM 4/30/2007 -0700, Lee wrote:

>Namely, Lee is replaced each night by a copy whose memories have been
>vastly changed from from the Lee's of the day before (though just enough
>to evade being exposed as an imposter). ...
>
>This is what Heartland and Damien and all of them are afraid of when it
>comes to teleportation

No, like most organisms I'm afraid of being killed. It doesn't make 
any difference if someone recompiles an exact copy of me in a galaxy 
far, far away. Certain biases driven by my genes might be persuaded 
that such simulacra should become twice as precious to me as my genes 
estimate my kids and sibs should be, but so far they haven't even 
done such a great job in urging me to reproduce or keep in touch with 
my sister and brothers most of the time, let alone bequeath them my fortune.

Damien Broderick