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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course, looking at this from the copy's
perspective is a bit different:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perhaps semi-sentient, copies that replicate part
but not all of our personalities will be more practical.......</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=robert.bradbury@gmail.com
href="mailto:robert.bradbury@gmail.com">Robert Bradbury</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org
href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">ExI chat list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 05, 2006 2:21
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [extropy-chat] I keep asking
myself...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>I agree with Ben (regarding what I do with my information
is my business).<BR><BR>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... <BR><BR>Robert<BR><BR>
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