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[–] 2 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Who guarantees the copy is exact? I don't think we can do checksums on living bodies.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Well I imagined we were talking about an imaginary sci-fi technology. Obviously it would be more complicated and possibly at risk for some kind of manipulation in real life. If I were presented a teleporter where the only fault is a philosophical question about being a copy, then I don’t mind being a copy and my original self dying.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (2 children)

    That feels like a very different statement than saying you don't mind stepping into the teleporter knowing you will die while a copy continues from where you left off on the other side.

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