From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Sat Nov 02 2002 - 13:02:48 MST
gts reminds me
> > 1. Will travel by space warp, but won't permit disassembly of atoms.
>
> Dissasembly of atoms is fine by me provided they are reassembled in the
> exact original states.
>
> > 2. Will permit teleportation, but only if the same atoms are used.
>
> I wish you would read all my messages, especially since I very often compare
> my views to yours.
I do read them all. I just don't remember who said what. Thanks
for your patience ;-) and I will try harder.
> As I've argued several times, I am willing to consider
> instantaneous destructive teleportation as feasible.
Just to make sure that we aren't miscommunicating here,
do you believe that you would survive teleportation?
I also had some long discussions with Dan F., who like
one or two other posters, would teleport for suitable
reward, but who don't think that they would survive
(or aren't sure).
> > And would you agree to teleportation if different atoms at the
> > receiving station are used to reconstruct you?
>
> Yes, as above. One atom of a given element is no different from any other
> atom of the same element, assuming that other atom is duplicated in the same
> quantum state.
Thanks for the reply. (I know that I have not answered at
least one of your questions today.)
What about backups? An inexpensive service offers to back you
up every month so that if the worst happens, you can be
reconstructed. That "you" will recall only the moment of
backup, and everything before, but nothing since. Is this
a service that you'd use? In the ordinary sense of taking
precautions---I'm sure that you avoid dangerous airlines
and so on---do you think that you'd survive such an incident
in the same way that, say, you'd survive a plane crash if
you were among the "survivors"?
Thanks,
Lee
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