The Teletransporter
How to get to Mars quickly
Don't take my body, which moves slowly, but only the information in my brain
I step into the machine
my brain is scanned
the information sent at speed of light to Mars
and put into a body like mine waiting there
Here I deliberately don't give too much detail
later we will ask: do such cases really work?
___________________________________________________ Time Line T1 T2 T3
T1 I am scanned and information about my brain states is sent to Mars.
T2, one second later. My body remains on Earth, but I am on Mars in a borrowed body.
T3 Some time later. I come home, rejoining my body on Earth.
2 points of view:
1 from the outside
I am on Earth, then I report I am on Mars. This is just line plane travel, but faster.
2 from the inside
I am on earth, then on Mars. There is a jump, with perhaps a momentary break in consciousness.
Variations on this case:
1. there are 2 people, earth-David
Mars- David
who can have independent lives.
Who use my VISA card,
or performs my actions
2. I am told on Mars- your Earth replica died
is this such a problem for me?
Have I survived