Captain Kirk willingly steps into the transporter to have his atoms turned into energy because he knows an identical copy will be reassembled on the surface of the planet below. Would he be so willing if the original was left behind?
I doubt that this was the intention of Jean Roddenberry's interpretation of teleporting. On 6/25/07, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- Jey Kottalam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/25/07, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You can only transfer > > consciousness if you kill the original. > > What is the justification for this claim? There is none, which is what I was trying to argue. Consciousness does not actually exist. What exists is a universal belief in consciousness. The belief exists because those who did not have it did not pass on their DNA. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&;
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