Re: MD Next month's topic for the Lila Squad

From: Pete Fisher (Peter@psfisher.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sat Jan 30 1999 - 19:21:47 GMT


Maggie wrote:

>B. Skutvik wrote:
>
>> Diana wrote on Fri, 29 Jan 1999:
>>
>>
>>
>> > * Suppose there is a teleportation system that copies your dna, kills
>> > you then instantaneously builds a perfect copy of you at a different
>> > location would you agree to travel by it?
>>
>> The "travel" part is a little too SciFi, but as it touches upon the
>> extremely interesting topic that Glove, Pete and Maggie has been
>> discussing about cloning and its ramifications for the various
>> Q-levels (that I have been pondering for a long time), I go for
>> that.
>>
>> Bo
>
>I third the motion.
>Maggie

The "who decides" problems were equally thought provoking, but being
typically lazy I vote for the "perfect copy" question as I have already
been pondering on it. Also it leads nicely on to enquiring "who" would
be aware of whether the process had been a success or not.

Pete

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