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There’s just one catch: every atom in your body would be fully disassembled to the quantum level, effectively leaving your original body totally destroyed.

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[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Even if they manage this, I'll bet "you" die each time something 'effectively ... destroy[s]" you down to a quantum level.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm of the opinion that it doesn't really matter. My consciousness ends every time I fall unconscious.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Knowledge and memories have to be physically encoded somewhere right? Surely it's just chemistry

[–] philipp_@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

True. It's also physics.

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