I'm sure it made the rest of the plan more affordable, it was twenty years ago I don't remember. That one detail was egregious enough to etch in permanently.
Soggy
It has influence disproportionate to the number of followers. (But Hinduism and Buddhism should be ahead of it anyway, this is a very Western perspective)
Irrelevant, unless you think the body is an essential element of a being.
Well I'm pretty sure it's impossible technology so it's not upending anything, but mostly I just don't think the "self" is as rare and precious as a bunch of people seem to.
Are both versions of you equally “you?”
Yes and then immediately no. Their experiences diverge from that point to become two distinct people with a shared past. It's entirely irrelevant which body is "original". Continuous stream of consciousness is overrated.
Yeah but he can't taint the sun.
I prefer "naughties"
It would think it’s you, but it’s not.
Cogito, ergo sum. I am not the collection of atoms I was when I was born and I am not a continuity of consciousness from before the last time I slept.
What if they're in a coma for long enough that all of their cells are replaced? It's all dancing around the question: assuming there is no soul, what is the self?
The body is dying but the conscousness continues, that's where the self is anyway. Done right it would be like falling asleep on the train and waking up somewhere else but legally fraught.
My first plan cost me 25 cents to send or receive and you bet your ass I collected that from any friend that texted me stupid shit.
If it helps, tell your boss I hate them and will stop going somewhere rather than install another fucking app.