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sidv81 t1_j216rt6 wrote

Reply to comment by alcatrazcgp in 11 years ago Michio Kaku talked about mind upload into Machine - Big Think by keghi11

Agreed. Heading even deeper into sci-fi speculation, it's unclear if the Star Trek characters stepping out after transporter use are indeed the originals in a way that matter and not some biological constructs with the memories and personalities of Kirk, Picard, etc. while the original Kirk and Picard were killed the moment they used the transporter for the first time.

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alcatrazcgp t1_j2198nb wrote

correct, you can't simply "Teleport" without literally dying, you are deconstructed on an atomic level, then reconstructed again, who is to say it was the same exact atoms used? even if they were, you are already gone, you are just reconstructed the way you were, but who is to say its actually you? maybe you are dead, and thats just the perfect copy of you.

all in all, if your brain dies, you die with it

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