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==Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :In philosophy there's a concept sometimes called "the star trek problem." :There are a couple of ways to resolve it. :Maybe there's a soul that transfers between locations. Or, maybe persistent consciousness isn't a meaningful notion, so nothing is lost in :When the teleporter breaks you apart and reforms you on the planet's surface, doesnt that mean yyuu" are dead, and there's just some copy of you on the surface? :The teleportation. :The weird thing to me is that the people in star trek are humanists, so they probably don't believe in souls. And, they live in a post-scarcity society, so they don't do their jobs for money. :Which really makes you wonder what was up with the teleporter operators. :I've killed everyone I know hundreds of times! You're welcome, society! :smbc-comics.com
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