From: Krekoski Ross (rosskrekoski@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Feb 08 2009 - 20:24:55 MST
I didnt claim any reluctance to be uploaded.
Its fairly interesting if the complete state including entanglements was
conserved, could you cite the passage that shows this?
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:54 AM, John K Clark <johnkclark@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 "Krekoski Ross"
> <rosskrekoski@gmail.com> said:
>
> > Since their quantum state is important in their
> > configuration, and describing their state accurately
> > is impossible without considering entanglement,
> > doesnt it follow that they are not therefore the same?
>
> You seem to be claiming that your reluctance to be uploaded is based on
> rationality not superstition and it all has to do with the quantum state
> of atoms; well let's see if that's really true. Just a few days ago in
> the January 23 2009 issue of Science it was announced that an atom
> (ytterbium in this case) was teleported Star Trek style for a distance
> of one meter. They accomplished this feat by destroying the quantum
> state of one atom and reestablishing the exact same state (complete with
> quantum entanglements and anything else you care to name) in a ytterbium
> atom one meter away.
>
> So, assuming this experiment could be scaled up to accommodate a human
> being could you now come up with a logical reason not to use it to
> teleport to work every day? I can't.
>
> John K Clark
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