++> Exploration of "IDENTICALS" dilemmas.
 
 RM> I suppose that if one was able to make a copy _instantaneously_
 RM> then there might be a chance that it could be exactly the same,
 RM> (I mean, no passage of time.  Not even 0.000001 th of a second).
 RM> But the fact remains, if the original and the copy had no
 RM> differences at all (which, as I said, is impossible) when the
 RM> original is destroyed then the person that was the original is
 RM> dead.  So, what if the copy is exact, all it is is a copy of the
 RM> person, not the original. No teleportation is done.  For a person
 RM> to be teleported successfully the person at the destination MUST be
 RM> the SAME person, not a copy (exact or otherwise).
 
 Understand your point on the model (same structure, different
 atoms). I just thought two people talking to each other, both
 "copied" to a new equivalent position an inch left with no break
 in the conversation, would mean more than just being two killed
 and two imperfect copies generated. Somewhere in a still dense
 corner of my imagination, a quiet bell is trying to ring that
 there is more to what we are here exploring ......perhaps not?.
 In an admitted far fetched scenario for the purpose of
 circumstantial exploration, I submit the following scenario-
 
    We telePORT (copyport) a machine to a planet (same structure,
    new atoms). We now teleport a structure *mapped* from a  human
    operator (John I) to the planet (creating John II), retaining
    the original John I here.  Now on completion of the mission,
    do we have any obligation to bring back the copy, John II, as
    the process would kill him in the transfer while creating a John
    III at this end.  I'm not at all sure I'm presenting the case
    in a best sequence, as the edges of the "happening" and its
    implications are even fuzzy to me. I believe we murdered one
    "CREATED" being ??? to save the original and ended up with
    two Johns ......yes?  ....or we could have left him (John II)
    alive on the planet to starve (or continue copyporting care
    packages).
 
    NOTE: With no actual reason to destroy the original, each
    entity scanned to another place would increase a population
    of multiples .....in effect populating another planet with
    duplicates of our own planet selections.
 
    I'm not sure what my inquiry should be. Hope you can help me
    out with a seeming rabbit nightmare!!!!
 
       How much of today's realities      ?_
       are made up of bent awareness     /cc"\ ... Dave
       similar to the above........?       >>
 
 
 
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