001100 010010Jul 25, 2023

Would you use teleporter technology if it existed? Why or Why not?

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Would you use teleporter technology if it existed? Why or Why not? - Divisions by zero

You know those sci-fi teleporters like in Star Trek where you disappear from one location then instantaneously reappear in another location? Do you trust that they are safe to use? To fully understand my question, you need to understand the safety concerns regarding teleporters as explained in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQHBAdShgYI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQHBAdShgYI] ::: spoiler spoiler I wouldn’t, because the person that reappears aint me, its a fucking clone. Teleporters are murder machines. Star Trek is a silent genocide! :::

Show threadDJKJuicyJul 25, 2023

Well, if the technology actually existed, it would solve that whole “soul” question.

We would know pretty quickly if we transported humans and they came out the other side as soulless aberrations because their original just got killed.

So yeah, I would 100% use it after it first proved once and for all that the sum of our consciousness really is all the synapses and signals and grey matter in our heads. Because if so then what does it matter if your original matter has been erased and then recreated. Your clone is just as much you as you are you at that point.

Show threadPenguinJuiceJul 25, 2023
How would we ever know for sure if the copy was really you or not? What question could we ask that only your objective self would know, but the sum collection of cells would not?
Show threadlivus

Exactly. The copy would think it's me, and that's nice for it.

But I wouldn't get to enjoy that because I would be dead.

Jul 25, 2023 at 7:51pmWeb