your reality and information (with poll)

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On this board we sometimes discuss the interplay between reality, consciousness, and information. I present here a hypothetical designed to get you to confront exactly how much of 'you' is really just information.

The problem is this -- we've constructed something like a star trek transporter. Except, it doesn't disassemble you, transmit your energy and re-assemble you. Instead, it does the following: It measures the state of your body precisely (the state of all the particles in your body) -- this is a very invasive procedure, though, so you are quickly and almost painlessly destroyed. What is left is the physical remains of your body on the floor -- the stuff that used to be you. However, another blob of chemicals is waiting in the next chamber, in quite a special state. It's state is such that it can be manipulated to create a new/identical version of 'you' with the information gained from the measurement process -- you retain all memories, etc that you had before. (this setup is somewhat analogous to what is known as 'quantum teleportation')

The question is, would you use such a device for travel (assuming perfect reliability)? In a very real sense, your body dies and is left on the floor after each use. However, there is always a 'perfect' replacement.

I think your answer depends on whether you think of yourself as 'information only' or whether you ascribe significance to the actual matter that makes up your body/mind, and the act of 'taking the life from it.'