X-Message-Number: 20910 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 11:00:30 -0600 Subject: Re: perfect copies From: Brian A Stewart <> <snip> >I still don't care who goes home thinking she is me (be it Christine A or >Christine B). I can only be one of them, and upon waking, only one of us will >be right. It is similar to the teleportation devices that are still mostly in the >realms of science fiction. <snip> This discussion reminds me of an concept floated somewhere years ago-- suppose someone duplicated me, using exactly half of me? Which would be the original and which the duplicate? There is exactly half of the original material in both, both have exactly the same memories, and both are identical to the "original". The only conclusion I can draw are that either both are me or neither. (Of course, if that ever happens to me, the answer I would prefer is that both are me!) BrianA/1 Brian A. Stewart-- Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20910