Okay, here's one for a Thursday night:
If you had a machine that could perfectly replicate any object, molecule by molecule, would the copy *be* the original? Or just an identical twin? And if you replicated a person, which one gets to keep their memories? Or do they both? This has been bugging me all afternoon.
If you had a machine that could perfectly replicate any object, molecule by molecule, would the copy *be* the original? Or just an identical twin? And if you replicated a person, which one gets to keep their memories? Or do they both? This has been bugging me all afternoon.
Okay, here's one for a Thursday night:
If you had a machine that could perfectly replicate any object, molecule by molecule, would the copy *be* the original? Or just an identical twin? And if you replicated a person, which one gets to keep their memories? Or do they both? This has been bugging me all afternoon.