Chen Chen once heard a short story:
The story was set in the distant future. At that time, humans had already invented countless advanced technologies, one of which was teleportation technology.
It worked like this: You walked into the teleportation platform, which was a very small room. Then, you had to set up a destination in the room. Let's say you left from Shangdu and wanted to go to the capital.
After you chose your destination, you pressed a button. The equipment in the teleportation room began to scan your entire body, collecting detailed information on every atom and the exact location of each atom.
While the teleportation room scanned you, it was also destroying you. As it scanned, it destroyed every cell in your body, breaking them down to their most primitive state.
After the scan was completed, you were completely destroyed. Then, the teleportation platform sent the collected information to the transmission station in the capital. Using the data recorded during the scan, your body was reconstructed.
This step seemed to take a long time, but in reality, the entire process could be completed in a second. In a second, you had traveled more than two thousand kilometers from Shangdu to the capital.
There was no difference between the current you and the previous you — your mood had not changed, your stomach was still a little hungry, and even the scratches on your fingers were still there. To you, all you felt was: You pressed the button, then everything went black and you arrived in the capital.
In the 28th century, this was a very common technology. Everyone traveled this way. Not only was it convenient, but it was also safe.
However, one day, you had to go on a business trip. So, you came to the teleportation room again and pressed the button. You heard the sound of the equipment scanning, but you were not teleported.
So, you went to the customer service staff at the transmission station and told her that the equipment in the teleportation room was broken. The customer service staff looked at the usage record and told you, "The scanning equipment is working normally. It has collected all your data, but the cell destruction equipment that works in sync with the scanning equipment seems to have malfunctioned."
"I'm going to be late for work. Hurry up and let me use another teleportation room!" You could not be bothered to listen to her explanation and only emphasized.
The customer service staff turned on the surveillance footage. It was the surveillance footage of you in the capital. "Look, this is the surveillance footage of you in the capital teleportation room. In fact, you have already arrived in the capital."
Hearing this, you were completely enraged. "But that's not me because I'm still here!"
At this time, the customer service manager who heard the noise came over and explained to you, "The scanning equipment is working normally and 'you' have indeed arrived in the capital. It's just that the cell destruction equipment in the Shanghai teleportation room is broken. Don't worry, we just need to send you to another teleportation room and activate the cell destruction equipment to destroy you."
Although it was common knowledge to use teleportation rooms to transport oneself, you suddenly panicked. "Wait, won't I die if I'm destroyed?"
The customer service manager explained, "It's not like that, sir. Look at the surveillance video. You are alive and kicking in Beijing."
You's eyes. "That, sir. You are the surveillance footage. You are still alive in Beijing. You are."
The customer service manager looked at each other helplessly. "I'm sorry, sir, but the law requires us to destroy your cells. The law cannot allow two of you to exist in the world at the same time."
You look at the other party in horror and immediately start to run for your life. However, two guards grab you from behind and drag you to another teleportation room …
...
"Although this story is a bit ridiculous and comical, the logic is straightforward — 'the you before being teleported' or 'the you after being teleported', which is the real you?"
At this moment, Chen Chen smiled and explained to Little X, "So, to truly determine whether a person is themselves or not, it's still dependent on consciousness. The 'consciousness' here doesn't refer to similarity. In the previous story, if similarity can define a person, then the 'you' in Shangdu and the 'you' in the capital would be the same person because you both have the same memories and the same personality. But in reality? 'You' is' you ', but the' you 'in the capital isn't' you '. "
"If similarity can't be defined, then what can be defined?" Little X asked thoughtfully.
"Continuity, of course."
Chen Chen replied, "There's a continuity in human consciousness. Your thoughts, your personality, and your memories all come together to form your subjective consciousness. It's like a baby growing into an adult. The baby's current consciousness is formed from everything he's experienced. You can't say that the one-year-old and the fifty-year-old are two different people."
"Indeed, from a physical perspective, the 10-year-old you and the 50-year-old you have nothing in common. Every cell in the 1-year-old boy's body has been dead for decades, but the continuity of consciousness doesn't change. The 50-year-old boy may not remember himself when he was a 1-year-old, but he remembers himself when he was 40, and the 40-year-old boy remembers himself when he was 30. Even amnesia doesn't change this cause-and-effect relationship..."
"I get it!"
Little X immediately exclaimed, "In that case, the particle teleportation device has indeed destroyed the continuity of consciousness, and the consequence of destroying the continuity is the termination of the previous consciousness. Even if it can replicate this consciousness, it won't be the original consciousness."
"Yes, consciousness is unique. It can't be continued through replication."
Chen Chen nodded. "In the Star Trek TV series, this teleportation device was involved in a traffic accident. In the TV series, when Captain Kirk was reassembled, he was reassembled into two people and a new parallel universe was created. This means that there's definitely something wrong with this particle teleportation device. The problem is so big that even the USB drive thinks it can be used in practical ways."
"In other words, it's not that this teleportation device isn't scientific, but that no one will use it?" Little X asked.
"Yes, that should be the case."
Chen Chen replied, "I've tried Gantz and Terminator a long time ago. There are no issues with these two movies and they can be recognized by the USB drive. This means that their teleportation technology should be somewhat different from particle teleportation."
With that, Chen Chen dragged the two movies Terminator: Genesis and Gantz into the USB drive.
With a "swoosh", the two movies were successfully dragged into the USB drive.
"In Terminator: Genesis, which is also the first time in the movie series, the full appearance of a time machine is shown. It's a huge platform the size of a hill. It's impossible to extract it into reality, but its functions exceed all teleportation devices — it can transport a life from this timeline to another timeline, but wouldn't this create a time paradox?"
Chen Chen murmured, "Or, there's another explanation..."
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