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Re: [Phys-l] Star Trek

At 8:53 PM -0400 5/19/09, Brian Blais wrote:
We ask whether momentum is conserved, but another (and possibly more
important) question is whether humanity is conserved: are you the
same person after transport as before?

This is addressed in the book "The Metaphysics of Star Trek" by Richard
Hanley, along with whether personality is preserved when Riker split and
when Tuvok and Neelix fused. Also artificial intelligence (Lt. Cmdr.
Data), and time travel.

Larry