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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 threadjsveigaJul 25, 2023

If it opens a spacetime tunnel and I cross it with all my original atoms, yes.

If it disintegrates me to 3d print a copy on the other side, no.

Show threadPunchingBagJul 25, 2023
Stargate yes, Star Trek no.
Show threadcounselwolfJul 25, 2023
is star trek really clone rather than teleport? I haven’t really watched much of it (only like 3 or 4 seasons).
Show threadpenguinJul 25, 2023

The general idea is a teleporter rips you apart and the atoms go to the destination to be reassembled in the previous state.

Whether or not it kills you is speculation. Arguably you’re pretty dead if you’re ripped apart atom by atom, and then a clone is assembled using the same parts.

But I don’t think it’s answerable if the recreated “you” is a clone or not until people can figure out what the mind even is.

Show threadMonkderZweiteJul 25, 2023
Deth is a state in which your biological functions cease. So no, it doesn’t kill you, since you function properly after.
Show threadpenguinJul 25, 2023
Is it me functioning or is it a clone?
Show threadMonkderZweiteJul 26, 2023
How does it matter, with the exact same memories?
Show threadsuperkretJul 26, 2023
It doesn’t matter to anyone but you, but you’re still killed.
Show threadMonkderZweiteJul 26, 2023
Only the killed body is dead. The clone is “you” too.
Show threadsuperkretJul 26, 2023
That’s what the debate is about, and there’s no way to know if “you” travel to the new body or get killed with the old.
Show threadMonkderZweiteJul 26, 2023
Then let me tell you that Consciousness is based on memory. Memory copied => “you” copied, debate done.
Show threadsuperkretJul 26, 2023
Thank you for finally solving one of humanities oldest philosophical questions.
Show threadMonkderZweite
Thank modern neuroscience for that.
Jul 26, 2023 at 4:01pmWeb
Show threadsuperkretJul 26, 2023
I wouldn’t bet my life on studies done by scientists. And I am one.