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No, having an image of [thing] is not the same as having [thing], ceci n'est pas une pipe. Replicators would change that, true. Reductively, a gun is a pile of
by mooseburger 8y ago
No, having an image of [thing] is not the same as having [thing], ceci n'est pas une pipe. Replicators would change that, true.
Reductively, a gun is a pile of atoms, like everything else, but unlike child pornography, it has the capability of acting upon the material world.