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Slimebeast on 11 September 2009
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The_vagabond7 said:
Rath said:
Kasz216 said:
Rath said:
@habfan. Thats not really creepy at all if you think of what 'you' (as in your mind) really are. Its just a state of a certain set of chemicals and electrical signals, thus destroying yourself and recreating yourself perfectly would be just as much a continuation of what you are as staying in your current body.

So if you cloned yourself via a dupe ray or say error in the telereformer... both you's would be you?

 

Yes.

 

And interestingly enough there would be no 'real' me, to both it would seem a continuous line of consciousness. Obviously from the point of cloning onwards they would diverge and be different people - but neither more 'me' than the other.

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.

This was so funny! And I agree of course.