RE: uploads, teleporting, clones, and Christian postmortem surviv al

From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Mon Jun 24 2002 - 02:09:33 MDT


> It's not altogether clear to me how this differs from fictional
> teleportation, real quantum teleportation, or proposed
> methods of uploading
> on to a distinct computational platform (complete with, one
> hopes, adequate
> sensors and effectors). I'm pretty sure Christian ethicists and other
> worry-warts won't see the resemblance, however.
>
> Damien Broderick
>

Of course they do! Why do you think they keep accusing science of "playing
god"?

Emlyn
Beam me up, Jesus

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