On 28 April 2015 at 08:58, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > What if you step into a delayed duplication machine, and the first one out > goes and commits murder at a later time, and then commits suicide, later > the delayed duplicate of you emerges. Do we imprison them, or would that be > punishing them for a "pre-crime"? >
I think the "public safety" argument comes in here. We have very good evidence that you are both dangerous and mentally unstable. I think we should at least consider offering psychiatric help, and perhaps threaten imprisonment if it's refused. But of course I don't know how the rest of this hypothetical SF society functions. Maybe we keep you from being a threat by uploading you into a computerised utopia in which your every wish is granted. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
