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From: polard@fortune.UUCP (Henry Polard)
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Subject: Re: Matter Transmission, Copying, etc.
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Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 11:57:26 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 23 11:57:26 1985
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In article <3976@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> mooremj@EGLIN-VAX writes:
>From: mooremj@EGLIN-VAX
>
>When an amoeba divides into two new amoebas, each an exact copy of the 
>original, which is the "original"?  There is no choice between them.
>The same argument holds for the transmitter/copier; both results will believe
>themselves to be the original.
A delighful short story about this is William Tenn's "Party of the Two Parts."

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