[extropy-chat] Cryonics and uploading

[Russell Wallace]

On 1/26/06, Bret Kulakovich <bret at bonfireproductions.com> wrote:

> Even if I re-arrange matter in a *johnclarkian* way twice, is it John
> Clark, or John Clark and *another* John Clark? Two John Clarks.
>

Is it meaningful to say "This is the original John Clark, and this is a
copy?"

Or (supposing a sufficiently accurate copy) is the word "original" just
meaningless noise, and should we just say "Here are two instances of John
Clark"?

The former is the thread view, the latter is the pattern view.

- Russell
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