X-Message-Number: 25552 Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 08:43:51 -0800 (PST) From: Scott Badger <> Subject: Re: surviving the teleporter Thanks to Henri Kluytmans (in message #25539) for a superior articulation of the argument I've been trying to make on the identity issue. Quite coincidentally, an episode of "Enterprise" (i.e. Star Trek - the early years) titled 'Daedalus' aired last night that featured the character who invented the transporter, Emory Erikson. At one point in the show, he was discussing the history of it all. I wish I had the actual dialogue, but he mentioned that there were those who believed that the person appearing at the other end wasn't the original that stepped into the transporter. I think he used the word "mysticism" to describe that view. I also remember the identity issue being addressed very briefly by Jeff Goldblum's character (Seth Brundle) in "The Fly" immediately after his first transportation. He spoke to the Baboon, saying, "Is it me... or is it Memorex?". Best regards, Scott Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=25552