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From: nep.pgelhausen@ames-vmsb.ARPA
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Subject: (resent msg, not sure last got sent...) re: matter transmission
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Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 04:28:18 EDT
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From: nep.pgelhausen@ames-vmsb.ARPA

On matter transmission & body replacement:

I don't know where this "your body gets replaced atom by atom
in the course of a couple of weeks" idea came from, but it is
ridiculous.  Someone just wrote a msg that covered the major
objection (i.e., where do the new atoms come from?), so I won't 
get into that here.

I have heard, though, that replacement takes place on a cellular
level over the course of 7 years.  I do not remember if neural
tissue was included in this replacement claim.

My own opinion is:  a duplicate may be good enough for people who
know me...but it is not good enough for ME.  They only have to deal
with someone who may-or-may-not be me....I have to take the risk on
the duplicate actually not being me.......

			-Richard Hartman
			max.hartman@ames-vmsb
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