Re: [sl4] Uploading

From: John K Clark (johnkclark@fastmail.fm)
Date: Thu Dec 03 2009 - 10:42:25 MST

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On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 "Stuart Armstrong" <dragondreaming@googlemail.com>
said:

> In other words, the original does have a special status, until we
> become certain that the copying procedure is near-perfect.

Well sure, but mundane issues like blown fuses in the matter duplicating
machine have no place in a thought experiment.

John K Clark

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