mind & identity
staying alive
a teleporter, a malfunction, and the question of what it would take for you to survive.
You believe, presumably, that you will wake up tomorrow, that the person opening your eyes will be <em>you</em>, not merely someone very like you. But what makes that true? These scenes apply pressure to the answer until it cracks, and where it cracks tells you which theory of personal identity you have been carrying all along.
further reading
- personal identity stanford encyclopedia of philosophy
- teletransportation paradox wikipedia