Yep, as long as I knew it wasn't going to kill me. I would still walk to the fridge though
this post was submitted on 09 May 2026
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What happens if I splinch myself?
Emerson Green convinced me that p-zombies are plausible. So there’s no way to know if a teleporter would end your consciousness.
Maybe not from the outside, but you'd still know if you're conscious, right?
P-zombies always seemed like anti-materialist navel gazing to me. I don’t think they’re meaningfully possible.
The Philadelphia experiment
If there were unlimited resources, copies would not matter, but our universe isn't build that way.
I don't belive in immortal souls with egos and all matter in our bodies is constantly changing, so all we are is forms in matter, like waves in water.
Teleporting is not a problem as long as it's perfect and there are no copies.