I read the My Little Pony fan fiction Friendship is Optimal the other day, and my mind has been mulling over the teletransportation paradox since.

It has irked me for years, but now it is brought back to the forefront of my mind. It really bugs me that I have no definitive answer.

I’m inclined to say it is death and a clone rather than just transportation.

However, I also think that the Ship of Theseus is still the same ship even when none of the original remains.

I’m not sure where I draw the line. Continuity versus duplication, I suppose.

#Psychology #FriendshipIsOptimal #AI

@mcjevans's cat was staring at me earlier while I was at the #FriendshipIsOptimal meetup in #PonyTown...

Se miten tuon alunperin löysin oli, kun ensin jotenkin törmäsin Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationalityyn ja sen jälkeen aloin etsiä muita samankaltaisia, jolloin löysin tuon, Pokemon: The Origin of Species, The Metropolitan Man, Friendship is Optimal ja Luminosity, joka on Twilight uudelleen kirjoitettuna jos hahmot olisivat olleet vähän fiksumpia.

https://hpmor.com/
https://daystareld.com/pokemon/
https://alexanderwales.com/the-metropolitan-man-1/
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/62074/friendship-is-optimal
https://luminous.elcenia.com/

#hpmor #PokemonTheOriginOfSpecies #TheMetropolitanMan #FriendshipIsOptimal
#Luminosity

Need to find more #mlp folks to follow! Hi, I'm Starry Skies, I'm a nonbinary person. Fan of #mlpg4 and #mlpg5, especially fond of pegasi and hippogryphs. Big into #astronomy and #science as well - got a couple of half-finished #FriendshipIsOptimal (#fio) fics up on FiMFiction.