I was in the Eternally Recurring Personal Identity Wars in another (non-transhumanist) forum, and there were plenty of arguers on both sides too. I was (and still am) on the “deconstruction and reconstruction preserves identity” side, even before reading Eliezer’s take on it.
I don’t think that quantum mechanics and the lack of “atom identity” is that important; even in a universe made of little billiard ball atoms with each their own identity, I’d still consider that deconstruction and reconstruction with different atoms doesn’t kill you.
I was in the Eternally Recurring Personal Identity Wars in another (non-transhumanist) forum, and there were plenty of arguers on both sides too. I was (and still am) on the “deconstruction and reconstruction preserves identity” side, even before reading Eliezer’s take on it.
I don’t think that quantum mechanics and the lack of “atom identity” is that important; even in a universe made of little billiard ball atoms with each their own identity, I’d still consider that deconstruction and reconstruction with different atoms doesn’t kill you.