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imuli comments on A rational approach to the issue of permanent death-prevention - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: imuli 15 February 2015 01:42:34PM 0 points [-]

I would hazard that cloning comes a lot closer to 100% fidelity than a child comes to 50% fidelity. In any case, one cannot transfer their self to clones or children with our current means - I doubt one can even convey 1%.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 15 February 2015 05:13:29PM 0 points [-]

That entierely depends on how to measure this.