Dan McGuirk wrote:
> I think this fits well with the fact that there is a "no clone theorem" in
> quantum mechanics. You can't get all of the information out of a quantum
> state without destroying it. So any copy you attempt to make of the
> quantum state of my brain is either going to be inaccurate, or is going to
> destroy the original in the process. Only in the latter case does it seem
> possible that my identity could be transferred.
But once you have the information, you can duplicate it. Would it be
permissible to state that there is the "you" of each moment, and that if
this one were (potentially destructively) recorded, that it could be
instantiated at later moments - perhaps multiple moments, even if the
prior instances were still continuing?
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