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Phillip Jose Farmer did it first. Spider Robinson did
it second (that I'm aware of). |
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Unfortunately a clone is not the same person, so,
while I'm not going to MFD this, it is bad science. |
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Hmm... I sort of think the [culture: revival] category
was intended for the “bring back bell bottoms and
lava lamps” kind of revival rather than the “mechaye
hametim” kind. |
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There has to be a way to keep an individual's subjectivity alive through cultivating brain neurons. When I say there has to be I mean I have absolutely no idea. However, I don't like the prospect of indefinite nonexistence. It was nice to meet everyone! |
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// I don't like the prospect of indefinite nonexistence. // |
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Stay away from Brighton, that's our advice. |
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Can you provide a reference to any prophecy that says that after you die you will be survived by an identical twin brother or sister? |
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DNA and identity are not the same thing - if you
somehow were able to get hold of some Adolf
Hitler DNA and were able to successfully create a
genetically identical baby Hitler - chances are,
given the fact that any individual child is going to
grow up with dramatically different moment-to-
moment experiences, they'd very likely end up
just like anyone else. |
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And what prophecy? So much has been prophesied
that it's pretty tricky not to fulfil a handful of
prophecies on a daily basis. |
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I knew you'd say that, z_t.
<gives 8th a hard stare in passing> |
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[marked-for-deletion] WKTE, bad science
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Spider Robinson - "Lifehouse" etc. - time-travellers suck out everybody back to the stone age's minds, just before they die, and upload them into a big computer to be reconstituted. |
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Where was that piece of Jesus' circumcision again? |
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//And what prophecy? So much has been prophesied that it's pretty
tricky not to fulfil a handful of prophecies on a daily basis.// |
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He is no doubt referring to the prophecy in Judaism that when the
messiah arrives, all of the dead will be brought back to life. Actually,
it's more than a prophecy—the notion is fixed in one of the main Jewish
prayers, the Amidah: “Praised are you, Lord, who gives life to the
dead.” That's only in the Conservative and Orthodox traditions,
however—Reform Judaism is a bit more wishy-washy on the matter,
substituting “who gives life to everything” for the last part. |
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The idea is about a cult that believes this should be
done, and tries to achieve it. Hence "Culture" and no
BS. |
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Then when weird things happen around the world you
can add it to conspiracy theories and make them even
more interesting. |
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Be a bit of a shame wouldn't it: the Rapture called off because of some beancounter Rabbi, adamant that "one male birth, one circumcision", and His Highness reascending into the heavenly vault muttering "no, not that again" and something uncomplimentary about the Earth and humans in general nobody could catch. |
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But this time the Italians sell Fiats, the Vatican would
never kill JC, and in Israel there is no death penalty.
(Even the child murderer Samir Kuntar was released for
Gilad Shalit...) Maybe he'd be able to explain things to
a more perceptive audience. Or at least discuss his
ideas on halfbakery. |
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