Rath said:
The_vagabond7 said:
I would say this is only right from the outside observer, but from your perspective definitely not. If you stepped into a teleporter, it made a bunch of noises, and then nothing happened and you were all like "Hey, what's the deal? Is it broken?" and the guy operating said "eh....just a hiccup, it's working ok...in fact you're already there, it's just something on our end. But don't worry, I've got a special tool for situations like this." And you turn around to find him loading a gun and he says "no, no, turn back around, no need to look over here. Just keep staring straight ahead and I'll have this little situation fixed in a jiffy". Do you willingly stand there and say "excellent, I'll be there shortly...so shortly that I am already there!" Or do you get the hell out because the guy is about to blow your fucking brains out.
Which is why I say that my "self" as it were is not ONLY the material make up, but the persistence of that material make up. If that persistence ends, I end, even if there is a completely identical person somewhere else.
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However it also seems to be a persistent series of events for the 'other' me who has arrived at the other end. Both are me and they only diverge after the cloning takes place. So no I would not say 'excellent' because while I may already be there, I also am already here and they are by now two separate and different people.
I do not believe that there is any 'spark' or soul. If you were destroyed and recreated instantly you would continue on as if nothing had happened.
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So you're fine with him shooting you as long as he does it fast enough that there isn't a divergence in experience? That's nonsensical. I won't repeat what kasz has already wrote. And for the record, I don't believe in any soul either.
