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Because it shatters the meaning of what it means "to be." Am I a meatsack that houses consciousness or am I a complex stream of consciousness that controls a meatsack?

In which case, if consciousness can be streamed, can that consciousness be hijacked? Or do I stop existing the moment it's transported?

Too many uncertainties.

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I definetly think the latter, and I'd ditch my body for a newer one in 30 years if I could. Would be pretty great if a transporter also did "tune up" of all of the frail biological bits as part of the copying process (without messing with the brain hopefully)

Of course, I think that this is extremely impractical so it isn't a decision that I actually have to face. In this hypothetical scenario though, I'd much rather use the "transporter" as a cloning machine... having two of me would be pretty awesome.

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