X-Message-Number: 25244 From: Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:15:39 EST Subject: Re: teleporting. In a message dated 12/7/04 2:00:45 AM, writes: > > > I guess if one is to believe Richard teleporting will never be allowed > because every time you are teleported you will be destroyed. Sorry Spock. > > Basie > > Heck, even the Star Trek writers talk about pattern buffers and maintaining the person's integrity and atoms while in transit, Basie. Obviously if they move you from one place to another maintaining your pattern and atoms in coherence, you aren't destroyed. And notice how they don't disassemble (destroy) someone and make them up with new atoms at a different location. People have a pretty good innate idea of what makes them integral as a person, if you think about it for a bit. The Star Trek writers, lame as they can be, seem to somehow sense that effect of Qualia through time existence that we all discuss as being that special thing that makes us "US". Also special thanks to Robert Ettinger for helping me to think about this in a clear fashion. Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=25244