StringJunky

In an interaction, what photon properties can alter?

You'll certainly hardwire yourself for mental maths if you get to the end of this. Everything like that after will be a breeze. Eddy Izzard has just done 27 full marathons in 27 days I think you'll gain something from it, even though at first sight it seems pointless. Sustained concentration and focus are good traits to acquire.

Can photons pass through glass unperturbed? Can the properties of the photon be altered if they do interact with an atom once re-emitted?

Yes, I think only the Africans are truly indigenous.

Interesting, never heard of that before. Had to check it out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon

That's OK, I thought you might possibly gain something from that subject... it's well worth going into depth with it and researching. A lot of nature's complex systems and human experience/perception is based on it. A description I have found useful for grasping the idea of emergence is: something that is greater than the sum of its parts. In effect: 2 + 2 = 5. I shall bow out at this point and somebody else might advance the conversation further.

My apologies, I suppose I am being economical in wanting to cut to the chase. I might suggest you read up and learn about emergence which is what 'life' is,as far as science knows... there is no single component in the brain that is the 'point of existence'. http://necsi.edu/guide/concepts/emergence.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence I shall not say anymore..

It seems to me, that you think that there is an internal extant self who is distinct from all the information that makes you as you are...that would be metaphysics.

bear1 bɛː/ verb verb: bear; 3rd person present: bears; past tense: bore; gerund or present participle: bearing; past participle: borne 2. support; carry the weight of. "walls which cannot bear a stone vault" synonyms: support, carry, hold up, prop up, keep up, bolster up; Tanks are out but bazookas, grenades etc should be allowed under the judge's definition. I refer you to:

When's the next funeral... in the next hour... or two?

As long as the posts keep within the realms of known empirical/observable science there isn't a problem here, as it has up to now. If you think it will end up philosophical, Which is the 'why' of things,it is perhaps better in Philosophy. If you are leading to your own novel ideas then Speculations would be more appropriate. I should leave it to the mods to decide.. It depends how long after cloning, when he dies, that will determine how different they become. If he was cloned and then very shortly after died, she wouldn't notice any difference because there had been negligible experiential change between the two Depps. If she was unaware of the clone, and her husband died unbeknown to her, their life would likely continue, more or less, as though nothing had happened. The point is that both versions are her husband, neither is more valid than the other; assuming perfect replication. This where you and I diverge because, essentially, you are just information. which can be immortalised by continuous replication through time. There is nothing special about that which is 'you' in the body that you are now. Your 'program' can be moved. If you were replicated just before you died, your life/program would continue in another faithfully programmed body. Ask the replicant anything about his life and he will reply exactly the same you... you haven't died. Death is when all the information is lost.

Yes, it would be a different perspective but to Depp's wife it is the same person and that new Depp, the other perspective, would respond as she expects. The new Depp would also think it exists and experiences love for her. As we are in a 'proper' science section of this site, the only answer can be your scenario B, I think, and I happen to think this is the case based on what I have learned so far:

No, of course not, 'you' would be two separate instances of yourself, at the moment the clone was made. After that the clone, with passing time and new experiences, becomes it's own consciousness and objectively differentiable in terms of behaviour... think of when a zygote splits to make identical twins... the situation is the same. One point of existence becomes two.

I wouldn't put passed him, He's got a lot of 'front'.

If you think about the structure of the leaves, you can see that they are adapted to absorbing and transpiring moisture very efficiently. I think they thrive under shady conditions, little direct sunlight, like under coolish tree canopies. The soil wants to have good drainage properties. Compost, coarse sand and vermiculite mixture would help to avoid drowning the ferns roots when watered. The root environment wants to be most, cool and airy. Some info from the pros - I wasn't far off: http://www.fernnursery.co.uk/plant.htm I think they are adapted to areas where the essential resources, like water, sunlight, nutrients and temperature are restricted. I would try mimicking those conditions.

'Racist' against those who are not American but reside in the US. I have extended family in Texas and my mother tells me that the Mexicans are viewed with some disdain, she noticed, as an example.

"Do as I say, not as I do."

Yes, it seems, whatever ones sexual MO is, if it's consistent, tends to habituate a person that way and a period of mental adjustment to the new scenario is necessary. I think this applies to most niche forms of sexual fulfillment. For instance, if one is used to some sort of specific item, clothing or behaviour involved in their sex life, then they will probably find it difficult to find sexual release, until they adapt. I don't think this phenomenon is specific to masturbation per se.

That sounds like a sure path towards fascism. The irony there is the Republicans always opine about individual freedom and personal rights.

Maybe I'm seeing it negatively because the UK's Right make a big thing of patriotism.

If it's on the internet, it must be true.

Another thought that struck me about America - could be a confirmation bias - that I noticed: whenever I trawl the internet about US politicians, military, judicial personnel, they are nearly always photographed with stars-and-stripes in their immediate background. In the UK, I see this mostly with the extreme Right... the people that want to stop immigration and hate immigrants completely.

How does a penis know it's in a vagina or being manually manipulated? If masturbation causes that problem then so does intercourse.

AFAIK the personality and character of the android with an uploaded and complete profile of someone is that person in extant form, just in a different body. The 'person' is the software configuration, not the body. or more correctly the configuration of the nuerones and synaptic connections which code for a particular individual.

Immigration/emigration is a logical consequence of our ever increasing global communication technologies. It is not sensible to swim against the tide if we want the world to be electronically connected.... "It's not logical, Captain." I think about this with half an eye on the incoming EU referendum in the UK. We can't turn back without severe consequences for everyone we deal with.