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GMontag, you are certainly a 'different' you after 7 years, your brain will have changed shape considerably, as will the consciousness that emerges from it. An exact replica of a thing and the real thing are NOT the same. Rebuilding me using a different process would not be able to transport my thoughts and feelings, the me that resides inside my brain would not be able to continue to reside there if my brain was ripped apart. If you kill someone in a way that doesn't affect their brain, they are still dead, and usually will remain so for some time. Could re-stimulating the dead brain in some way cause it to come back to life? And if so, would it be the same individual that came back?
If the opposite were true, and the machine created a copy of you. Would you be aware of two sets of images from your now 4 eyes, i.e. would you be aware of everything your twin was aware of?
It's a very difficult question to put your finger on, and now, having asked these questions, I am not so sure myself. However, I still wouldn't trust my consciousness, which has got to be the most precious thing on this planet (no, not MY consciousness – ha!) to this machine.
I did like the post someone made about waking up a different person every day, I'm not sure what I think about it, but I do kind of like it.
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