Philosophers Ponder the Afterlife
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Author(s)
Byrne, Alex
Alternative Title
Cheating Death: Philosophers Ponder the Afterlife
Date Issued
January 2012
Journal
Boston Review
Publisher
Boston Critic, Inc.
Citation
Byrne, Alex. “Cheating Death: Philosophers Ponder the Afterlife.” Boston Review 37:1 (2012): 55–62. © 2012 Boston Review
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Final published version
Abstract
Star Trek–style teleportation may one day become a reality. You step into the transporter, which instantly scans your body and brain, vaporizing them in the process. The information is transmitted to Mars, where it is used by the receiving station to reconstitute your body and brain exactly as they were on Earth. You then step out of the receiving station, slightly dizzy, but pleased to arrive on Mars in a few minutes, as opposed to the year it takes by old-fashioned spacecraft.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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