Paul
I've read a book by Stokes, about 2 years ago. It wasn't this one though. I never realised he'd written another one (thanks Mike for pointing it out).
Anyway I remember that Stokes was quite skeptical (in the traditional sense) of parapsychological phenomena because he conducted research himself but couldn't get any positive results (if I'm remembering this correctly).
Also I remember people on the jref quoting him with approval about something or other. Anyway I thought his first book was really good.
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Originally Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos  Quote:
Stokes
To make this example more compelling, assume that more than one copy of the person is assembled at the destination site [by a transporter]. Surely it would be difficult to believe that one’s self could simultaneously inhabit all the replicas of one’s physical body that are constructed at the destination site, insofar as a conscious self cannot have several separate and independent streams of consciousness occurring at the same time.
Thus, you cannot be the pattern of your neural activity, your emotions, your memories, your personality traits, or your present hopes and dreams.
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This sounds really important. Could you explain to me what in the heck he's saying here? |
This teletransporter business has been discussed loads of times on the jref! In the primary and secondary qualities thread for a kick off which I know you read and contributed extensively to.
You might be interested btw in reading my essay on this topic in my
blog.