From: zeb haradon (zebharadon@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 05 2000 - 23:16:25 MST
This debate - about whether I would attain immortality by creating an
atom-by-atom replica of myself, gets right to the heart of consciousness. I
know that I am a different person, however slightly, in matter and cognitive
organization, then I was 5 minutes ago - and much more then I was 10 years
ago. I know that I "break continuity" every night when I sleep. As far as I
know, I was created anew with implanted memories this morning. But, I know
that if I were to create a replica of myself for the purposes of
immortality, I would feel absolutely no satisfaction when I finished
creating it. I would not feel like I could go jump in front of a truck now
while my replica continues my life. To think this way is like people who
think they are attaining some kind of immortality through their work, or
through having children. They're only concerned with what they leave behind
for the world, and not whether they themselves continue to exist.
I had a dream about this a few years ago, we were all creating replicas of
ourselves and eating the originals for food. The originals were fine with
the cannibalism because they felt immortal. My parents were trying to get me
to partake in the cannibalism but I didn't feel right about it.
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Zeb Haradon (zebharadon@hotmail.com)
My personal webpage:
http://www.inconnect.com/~zharadon/ubunix
A movie I'm directing:
http://www.elevatormovie.com
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