(sigh) That's not the point. What Gene Roddenberry thought, and whether Star Trek is real or not, are totally irrelevant to the ethical issue of whether "transportation" would be a good thing, and how it should be done to minimize any possible harmful effects.
- Tom --- Colin Tate-Majcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Captain Kirk willingly steps into the transporter to > have his atoms turned > into energy because he knows an identical copy will > be reassembled on the > surface of the planet below. Would he be so willing > if the original was > left > behind? > > I doubt that this was the intention of Jean > Roddenberry's interpretation of > teleporting. > > On 6/25/07, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > --- Jey Kottalam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 6/25/07, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > You can only transfer > > > > consciousness if you kill the original. > > > > > > What is the justification for this claim? > > > > There is none, which is what I was trying to > argue. Consciousness does > > not > > actually exist. What exists is a universal belief > in consciousness. The > > belief exists because those who did not have it > did not pass on their DNA. > > > > > > -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- > > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: > http://www.agiri.org/email > > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go > to: > > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; > > > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: > http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&user_secret=7d7fb4d8
