From: John K Clark (johnkclark@fastmail.fm)
Date: Mon Apr 14 2008 - 14:08:20 MDT
"Jeff L Jones" <jeff@spoonless.net
> I have known several different pairs of identical twins
My older sisters are identical twins, even when I was a kid I never had
any difficulty telling them apart, although very few others could, even
our parents sometimes got confused; but the fact that I could tell them
apart, even from behind (they moved differently), must mean that the
word �identical� in the term �identical twins� is misnamed. They should
be called �similar twins�. Their personalities were not identical
either, certainly both could provide a long list of faults that their
twin has, faults that of course they themselves lacked. They are two
distinct individuals no argument.
Stuart Armstrong <dragondreaming@googlemail.com> wrote
> I'm moving more towards the "ban destructive teleportation" side :-)
> The reason is simple: murdering someone who knows they are about
> to be murdered and doesn't want to be is very high on my list of
> ethically monsterous actions.
If that is what you mean by destructive teleportation, then I agree, it
would be murder most foul! However if the �original� (and I defy anyone
to define that word without talking about atoms) is destroyed before it
has time to form one conscious thought then I would walk into the
teleportation machine without a worry in the world.
John K Clark
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