In a recent book Douglas Hofstader (of Godel, Escher, Bach fame) posed this philosophical problem.
Suppose that I am to be teleported to another planet. In the process of reducing my body to data it is physically destroyed. The data is then sent to, say Mars, and reassembled from local atoms and molecules. Somebody thinks it would be fun to send me to Venus as well.
So here I am, on Mars and Venus.
Where am I?
Where am I?
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Post #1"Whatever you are totally ignorant of, assert to be the explanation of everything else"
William James quoting Dr. Hodgson
"When I see I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see I am everything, that is love. My life is a movement between these two."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
William James quoting Dr. Hodgson
"When I see I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see I am everything, that is love. My life is a movement between these two."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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