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1. Thought Experiment

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   Thought experiments concerning identity often rely on hypothetical transplantation or perfect duplication. For example, the concept of the "Quantum Teleporter" forces an examination of whether continuity of informational state or continuity of material substrate constitutes personal identity. If a machine perfectly duplicates an individual at location B while simultaneously dismantling the original at location A, the thought experiment forces the…