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DanArmak comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, July 2014, chapter 102 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 26 August 2014 07:27:40PM 0 points [-]

Except there's still no continuity of self.

Comment author: avichapman 29 August 2014 02:56:18AM 1 point [-]

I don't think that would bother me. If the resulting person has all of my memories and personality and everything else that I consider important about myself and the original copy was destroyed painlessly it would make no difference.

But then again, I'm a programmer. I copy data structures and destroy the originals all the time and yet treat them as one and the same.