tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800316528417070757.post1172713947148058836..comments2023-04-28T22:14:09.751+01:00Comments on Random Thoughts: Can Murder be Immoral in Star Trek II?John Lawrence Aspdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02587130870181071109noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800316528417070757.post-89312403591508207152014-02-08T22:38:45.730+00:002014-02-08T22:38:45.730+00:00http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3262http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3262William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800316528417070757.post-63236321606420877562012-07-27T16:16:35.138+01:002012-07-27T16:16:35.138+01:00Normally there are two rays, one finds out where e...Normally there are two rays, one finds out where everything is, and the other zaps it. But Romulan spies have reprogrammed the transporter or something.John Lawrence Aspdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02587130870181071109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800316528417070757.post-56050392522251124412012-07-27T14:13:48.670+01:002012-07-27T14:13:48.670+01:00Ah, that's what you mean. But I thought your s...Ah, that's what you mean. But I thought your scenario doesn't allow that. You said:<br /><br />> A complete scan is made of a man, and in the process his body is disassembled...<br /><br />I took that to mean that as an intrinsic part of the scan, the body is disassembled; ie the scanning is destructive. So the TX can't occur until the disassembly has been done.<br /><br />But of course, if the scan is non-destructive then you do indeed have the problem that you're killing people.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800316528417070757.post-82840707474605675972012-07-27T11:09:45.798+01:002012-07-27T11:09:45.798+01:00OK, make the interval a bit longer. Kirk is on his...OK, make the interval a bit longer. Kirk is on his own, and sets the transporter to automatic, but some incompetent Romulan spy has booby trapped the chamber door and half-sodded up the transporter, so he is locked in, and the transporter beam scans.<br /><br />The New Kirk arrives at his destination but the old one is still in the transporter booth. Waiting to die. <br /><br />New Kirk heroically saves the situation on the other planet, while Old Kirk is frantically clawing at the walls of the transporter booth looking for a way out.<br /><br />New Kirk goes home to their wife at about the same time the the disassembly beam comes on and kills Old Kirk.<br /><br />So, you're captain Kirk, and you're a good materialist. <br /><br />How do you feel about stepping into that transporter if you know it's been sabotaged but that's the only way to heroically save the Earth?<br /><br />When New Kirk and his wife sit down to watch the CCTV footage of Old Kirk's attempts to escape the transporter chamber, what do they feel?<br /><br />If you don't find this idea disturbing, then congratulations, you're a proper right-thinking person who has managed to accept the conclusions of materialism.John Lawrence Aspdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02587130870181071109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800316528417070757.post-15692279992418171892012-07-27T10:43:07.028+01:002012-07-27T10:43:07.028+01:00I'm entirely missing your point. Why is being ...I'm entirely missing your point. Why is being disassembled a fraction later a problem?William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.com