From: gts (gts@optexinc.com)
Date: Fri Oct 11 2002 - 21:16:24 MDT
Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, gts, responding to John Clark wrote:
>
> > Right, and that is I think the key. There is no real emulation. There
> > only two very similar people with the same name, not unlike identical
> > twins with the same name.
>
> So -- If one Damien xox goes to Costa Rica and another Damien
> xox goes to Pakistan, while the original is being put back together
> in Australia (reassembling all of those atoms accurately takes
> time you know) who do you prefer to take to diner at the next
> Extro conference?
>
> (Recall, the "original" Damien won't have stories to tell about
> either Pakistan or Costa Rica unless he buys them off the xoxes).
I would first of all consider them three distinct people. You are mistaken
in view to consider the apparant copies as true xoxes of the original
Damien, because each of them will have now slightly different personalities
as a result of their different experiences.
Given that they are otherwise the same, I would choose to have dinner with
the Damien whose past experiences were of greatest interest to me. Given
current world events I would probably choose to make conversation with the
Damian from Pakistan.
-gts
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