SpicyAnt@mander.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 17 hours agoTeleportation machines exist. Most people use them, and they come out the other side just fine. Would you use them?message-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareTeleportation machines exist. Most people use them, and they come out the other side just fine. Would you use them?SpicyAnt@mander.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 17 hours agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
Would it make a difference if the laws of physics prevent or allow a machine from operating in ‘duplicate’ mode?
minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 hours agoThere’s nothing to guarantee that every night you go to sleep that doesn’t happen.
minus-squareSmokeInFog@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoThank you, came here to say this. People like the phrase “continuity of consciousness” but the problem of persistent identity is much more fundamental than this thought experiment lets on
There’s nothing to guarantee that every night you go to sleep that doesn’t happen.
Thank you, came here to say this. People like the phrase “continuity of consciousness” but the problem of persistent identity is much more fundamental than this thought experiment lets on