I’m not sure how this is evidence for your hypothesis ‘the objection you point to stemmed from a false understanding of physics that made “physical continuity” important’.
It’s not, it’s evidence that your “value” for physical continuity is not the same as your value for happiness or less pain. If Hairy is correct here, it would probably be a cached thought based on “if I’m destroyed, I will DIE. Teleportation destroys me. Therefore, if I teleport I will DIE.”
It’s not, it’s evidence that your “value” for physical continuity is not the same as your value for happiness or less pain. If Hairy is correct here, it would probably be a cached thought based on “if I’m destroyed, I will DIE. Teleportation destroys me. Therefore, if I teleport I will DIE.”