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One day, to travel hundreds or thousands of miles across our planet's surface, we'll be pulled upward to a router and then drop to a port near our desired desti
by EA 11y ago
One day, to travel hundreds or thousands of miles across our planet's surface, we'll be pulled upward to a router and then drop to a port near our desired destination.
- bojan 11y agoThe problem with that is that once you get disassembled into particles, you're dead. The guy that shows up on the other side can look, feel, think and have the same memories as you, but won't be you.
- keeperofdakeys 11y agoA rather long, but relevant comic http://existentialcomics.com/comic/1 http://existentialcomics.com/comic/1
- MichaelGG 11y agoThis is tiresome. It's no different than going to sleep. Or indeed, one moment of consciousness to the next. You've no way to tell if your consciousness is being paused, disassembled, and reassembled every second. I know this won't persuade anyone that's already decided. This issue won't get "settled" until we actually understand the mechanics of consciousness. AFAIK, no one has any real good descriptions of what's going on. Hell, some are still supporting dualist views.