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From: jam@dcl-cs.UUCP (John A. Mariani)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Matter transmission and duplication
Message-ID: <568@dcl-cs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 10:25:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 20 10:25:28 1985
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Reply-To: jam@dcl-cs.UUCP (John A. Mariani)
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>I guess this question comes down to whether *I* am more than a bunch of
>atoms, i.e. the existence of a soul.  Of course, that leaves another good
>question: if you tranmit all my atoms elsewhere, where does that leave
>my soul(assuming one exists)?  But if you don't believe that souls exist,
>then transmit away.
>
>		Eric Lau
>		...!ihnp4!watmath!wateng!clelau

Sorry if someones already mentioned this, but this whole argument/situation
is the basis of James Blish's (sadly) one and only original Star Trek
novel "Spock Must Die!" (Hmm... sounds like he knew about the Wrath of
Khan ... if only he'd written the followup "Spock Must Live!").

"It's a one-way ticket to mid-night"

-- 
"You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars...."

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