Hi guys!
Is anyone willing to read/give feedback on my uncommon essay for uchicago?
the prompt I chose to tackle is:
“In a book entitled The Mind’s I, by Douglas Hofstadter, philosopher Daniel C. Dennett posed the following problem: Suppose you are an astronaut stranded on Mars whose spaceship has broken down beyond repair. In your disabled craft there is a Teleclone Mark IV teleporter that can swiftly and painlessly dismantle your body, producing a molecule-by-molecule blueprint to be beamed to Earth. There, a Teleclone receiver stocked with the requisite atoms will produce, from the beamed instructions, you—complete with all your memories, thoughts, feelings, and opinions. If you activate the Teleclone Mark IV, which astronaut are you—the one dismantled on Mars or the one produced from a blueprint on Earth? Suppose further that an improved Teleclone Mark V is developed that can obtain its blueprint without destroying the original. Are you then two astronauts at once? If not, which one are you? To celebrate twenty years of uncommon essay questions, we brought back this favorite from 1984.”
I honestly wrote this between the hours of 2 and 4 a.m. (this morning i guess?) so I’m sorry if it is absolutely terrible. But I have to submit it in a few days (curse procrastination!!) so I need help.
Thank you in advance!