• petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      His machine would not work very well.

      Actually, now that I think about it, it’s far worse than that. If a company has a teleporter that can build a copy of you, they can also build an almost-copy of you. Say, a copy that is less rebellious. More obedient.

      Yeah, the idea’s cool in fiction, but in reality I would never touch a machine like this. I will walk my ass over in analogue.

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        I’m a biologist. Perfectly recording something is very very far removed from understanding something enough to make targeted modifications.

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          Specific changes, maybe. But broad ones? “Uehhh, make the amygdala smaller. Squash it. … Well, find a mapping of a guy with a smaller one, then. Do like a copy paste.”

          All I’m saying is they would try, and trying is enough for me to nope the fuck out of all of it.