So if I clone a human and then give them both amnesia, they are identical?
No, because there are acquired attributes not reproduced during cloning. If your original was a pack a day man and gorged and take away, he'd have gunk in his lungs and his veins that the clone wouldn't.
I think this issue really turns about the seat of the consciousness. If the consciousness is based somewhere physical(the mind, the nerves), teleportation wouldnt do anything horribe to the teleportee. However, if the consciousness is metaphysical, that could be a problem.
Might work out nice for the old bank balance too
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I just cant wait to shuck my super-expensive Australian ADSL and hook up to a network that transmits my data instantaneously.
You could have true direct connections - no bouncing around nodes, which would mean that international exchanges of data (which is why Aussie broadband is expenses) wouldn't cost any more or less than ones to your nextdoor neighbour.
It seems to me (and I know nothing about quantum mechanics other than the very bare bones) that the only service youd need to pay for would be some sort of naming service to determine where to send your data - then you just go direct. That would cut net costs down a bit too.
Quake 3 with lag limited by the speed of quantumn translation!
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So if I clone a human and then give them both amnesia, they are identical?
No, because there are acquired attributes not reproduced during cloning. If your original was a pack a day man and gorged and take away, he'd have gunk in his lungs and his veins that the clone wouldn't.
I think this issue really turns about the seat of the consciousness. If the consciousness is based somewhere physical(the mind, the nerves), teleportation wouldnt do anything horribe to the teleportee. However, if the consciousness is metaphysical, that could be a problem.
I just cant wait to shuck my super-expensive Australian ADSL and hook up to a network that transmits my data instantaneously. You could have true direct connections - no bouncing around nodes, which would mean that international exchanges of data (which is why Aussie broadband is expenses) wouldn't cost any more or less than ones to your nextdoor neighbour. It seems to me (and I know nothing about quantum mechanics other than the very bare bones) that the only service youd need to pay for would be some sort of naming service to determine where to send your data - then you just go direct. That would cut net costs down a bit too. Quake 3 with lag limited by the speed of quantumn translation!