Re: Bruno's teleportation device is a quantum suicide device

2002-06-21 Thread Bruno Marchal
At 16:01 -0700 20/06/2002, Hal Finney wrote: >It's not clear that it means anything to say that the person could have >died. Here is why I say that. > >I think we agree that the person in the mechanical brain who leaves >the operation will not be able to tell whether it was a success or not. >He

Re: Bruno's teleportation device is a quantum suicide device

2002-06-20 Thread Hal Finney
Russell Standish writes: > If someone offered you a replacement mechanical brain which the > surgeons guarantees would emulate your current brain state perfectly, > would you take up the offer? > ... > Of course, if you accept Bruno's COMP principle, then you may very > well take up the offer, if