(10-01-2015, 07:31 PM)Bodertz Wrote: So you would not step into a teleporter, I guess?
Maybe, I would need to know more facts about the technology to decide for sure.
But based on what I know right know (your original body being literally taken apart and rebuilt elsewhere), I wouldn't.
On a side note, one thing that seems to be taken for granted by everyone so far is the flawlessness of (this) technology, being able to create an
exact copy of yourself.
I mean it could just take a small miscalculation here or a malifunctioning piece of hardware there to create an abomination of yourself (be it mentally or physically), good luck fixing that after you just teleported yourself.
(10-01-2015, 07:31 PM)Bodertz Wrote: As for the copy being you, I think that depends if you believe there is a soul.
I guess you could call it a soul but I would prefer to call it individuality (I don't consider myself to be a religious person).
I wanted to express my thoughts about this here in greater detail but then stopped halfway because I realized that this discussion is starting to turn in circles, so I'll just leave it with what I said earlier - its for yourself to decide