X-Message-Number: 15208
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 12:39:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Platt <>
Subject: The Old Repair Fallacy (again)

> No doubt you have anticipated the next step, which is simple. If someone very
> like you could in future be built from scratch, then repairing or rebuilding
> you from frozen remains will certainly be much easier.

Not certain at all. By the same logic, repairing a car that has been
damaged throughout (including destruction of primary components) should be
easier than building a new car; and repairing massive birth defects should
be easier than conceiving a new child. Clearly this is not the case.

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