SO: WHAT I AM ??? TERRIBLE DOUBT...IS KIRK DEAD !!??

From: Prof. Gomes (profgomes@geocities.com)
Date: Fri Dec 12 1997 - 18:06:05 MST


Since the copy is not me, what characteristics really define the individual
being????
With an object, there's apparently no problem in using the exact copy...
but even animals, copied like
this, are other beings...

What I am ???

Gomes.

>In the method used for teletransfer the particle, it is necessary to
>destroy the original...
>But if we talk about a person, like Kirk, I suppose that after the first
>teletransport, it is not the
>original Kirk anymore... although the copy "teletransported" has the same
>memory banks than the original
>and simply continues Original Kirk's work....and for everybody, he just
>*apparently* is the original>>> Got what I mean ??????
>
>That is obvious because if we do not delete the original >>> there will be
>2 Kirks...>>
>And if the original is the one not deleted, if you destroy him, the second
>will be just a copy.....
>
>Gomes



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