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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:05:51 EST
Subject: continuity etc.

Thomas Donaldson reiterates the old question:

>A small question: first, suppose you have been copied, then 
>destroyed, and then rebuilt exactly --- for the sake of the metaphysics
>involved, with the very same molecules. In just what way do you
>fail to be the same person?

It's the wrong question, but the answer is that you fail the continuity test.

Next question: Is continuity important, or what is important, or ought to be 
considered important?

We don't know, because we don't understand any of the things 
involved--matter, space, time, consciousness.

Stay tuned for a few centuries.

Robert Ettinger


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