Would you cryogenically freeze yourself?

[JT Smith]

They would both think they were.
However, they view of who they were (based upon their histories post-copying) would then diverge based on their separate histories.

But which one would you be?

If everything that makes you "you" is encoded in how your brain is organized then you shouldn't mind if I copy you and then destroy the original organism. But I have a hunch that you would object.

 

[BillTre]

But which one would you be?

Both would be different versions of me (or you) that took different paths from their divergence point (when they were copied).

then you shouldn't mind if I copy you and then destroy the original organism.

Once the mechanism is well worked out and well demonstrated (like Star Trek transporters, which seem to be doing exactly what you describe), I would be as likely to consider it, as I would a transporter ride.
However, with existing technology, not today.

 

[JT Smith]

It's interesting that you seem to be indifferent to the fate of an individual person so long as there is, somewhere in the universe, at some time, a copy. I think each of those copies would see themselves as individuals and would fear for their lives if threatened with destruction.

Even with the Star Trek transporter there was an implicit notion of self. I've seen all of those episodes and I don't recall exact copies every being produced. There was one show where Kirk was split into two versions of himself, but they were two halves of his personality, not copies.

Fun to think about.

 

[BillTre]

As one copy (on the ship) is destroyed, another is made (on a planet).
Seems the same to me.

Yeah, fun stuff.