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<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 6674952" data-attributes="member: 13107"><p>I guess a big question is whether a person can be copied in a non-quantum sense.</p><p></p><p>If quantum state must be copied to preserve consciousness, then there can be only one of a person. This would be most convenient, since it simplifies the question.</p><p></p><p>But, if the quantum state doesn't matter, or is only important in a transient sense, then you could copy a person.</p><p></p><p>But also, if the quantum state doesn't matter, then continuity can be questioned without considering teleportation: The person that I am today may not be continuous with the person that I was yesterday.</p><p></p><p>Brings up a lot of messy questions: If I store my physical state sufficient to recreate myself, then destroy my physical state, am I alive or dead? (We have this problem in D&D when a person is petrified. What happens to their soul?)</p><p></p><p>Or, if quantum state matters, but only in a transient sense that it is regenerated on a regular interval when consciousness arises, say, in the morning after sleep, then we might see subtle differences between instances of a person which were created from the same physical base. The person on the far end of a teleporter could really be an evil twin.</p><p></p><p>For folks watching "Dark Matter", they are playing with this idea, with a transporter implementation which uses a biological 3D printer and copied memories to effect transportation. See episode 8.</p><p></p><p>Thx!</p><p></p><p>TomB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 6674952, member: 13107"] I guess a big question is whether a person can be copied in a non-quantum sense. If quantum state must be copied to preserve consciousness, then there can be only one of a person. This would be most convenient, since it simplifies the question. But, if the quantum state doesn't matter, or is only important in a transient sense, then you could copy a person. But also, if the quantum state doesn't matter, then continuity can be questioned without considering teleportation: The person that I am today may not be continuous with the person that I was yesterday. Brings up a lot of messy questions: If I store my physical state sufficient to recreate myself, then destroy my physical state, am I alive or dead? (We have this problem in D&D when a person is petrified. What happens to their soul?) Or, if quantum state matters, but only in a transient sense that it is regenerated on a regular interval when consciousness arises, say, in the morning after sleep, then we might see subtle differences between instances of a person which were created from the same physical base. The person on the far end of a teleporter could really be an evil twin. For folks watching "Dark Matter", they are playing with this idea, with a transporter implementation which uses a biological 3D printer and copied memories to effect transportation. See episode 8. Thx! TomB [/QUOTE]
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