Post originally by Giant Space Hamster at 2004-03-26 11:07:13
Converted from Phorums BB System

Well, times change.

Currently, we associate 'self' with our physical body. If personality can be encoded, we might not consider our current body part of our 'self'.

Check out 'Kiln People' by David Brin. It's really good, and explores this concept in some detail.

Dan Davenport wrote:
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I wouldn't think the cloning method of "teleportation" would be all that popular. How many people would be willing to commit suicide just so that exact duplicates of themselves could show up someplace else?