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>From: markc@smsc.sony.com (Mark Corscadden)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy,sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: red light / blue light scenario
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Date: 6 Feb 92 23:00:35 GMT
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In article <1992Jan30.012944.5782@norton.com> brian@norton.com (Brian Yoder) writes:
>Given that this whole discussion relies on a premise that is false (that 
>people can be identically duplicated by fancy machines) what importance does 
>whole line of thinking have?
>-- Brian K. Yoder (brian@norton.com) - Q: What do you get when you cross     --

Ever heard of the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics?
Duplication and divergence may happen routinely in the real world.

Mark Corscadden
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