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Who's Gonna Cry When OldJohn23 Dies?

Jesse Walker | 7.6.2004 11:04 AM

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Ryan Boddy asks: When your soul exits and your body expires, what happens to your online avatars?

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Jesse Walker is books editor at Reason and the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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  1. Ayatollah Usoe   21 years ago

    Since the body surely outlasts the person, although decomposes, why can't the avatar outlive the person as well? Or the other way around. I've had plenty of avatars and web pages go 404 and I'm still here.

  2. Rick Barton   21 years ago

    But, online avatars ARE our souls. Hey; I think I just invented a new religion!

  3. speedwell   21 years ago

    Those are not your avatars, those are your virtual body thetans--but nice try. Let us know when you make your first million. 🙂

    heh heh...

  4. Douglas Fletcher   21 years ago

    Oh, great, another transubstantiation argument. That went really well the first time around...

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