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They are most likely doing it because they consider both copies the same person, and don't think killing one is murder. They'd consider it more like a memory wipe.

I'm reminded of a scene in HP:MoR, where a character noticed some similarities between memory wipes and murder. That may be a reference to this. I know Eliezer disagrees with Robin on this point.

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> No, they aren't. The second law of thermodynamics forbids it.

The second law of thermodynamics doesn't work that way. In fact, it exists because the laws of physics are reversible. The information has to go somewhere, and if it gets too complex for you to keep track of, you call it "heat" and ignore it.

In fact, if you flip charge and parity, the laws of physics will run backwards. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

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