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Old 12-09-2009, 08:01 AM   #71
mindstalk
 
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Default Re: Is Transhuman Space a "silly" genre?

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Originally Posted by whswhs View Post
Yes, but human reproduction is only one type. There is reproduction of bacteria, as you note. In THS there is human cloning, which is different from ordinary human reproduction but is still classed as reproduction. And of course we use "reproduction" for making multiple copies of a work of art, too.

Bill Stoddard
Still, it's reproduction of the older me at backup, not of the current me falling off the cliff, and it's that latter perspective I said we didn't have an intuitive handle on.
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