RE: Immortality and Resources

Jim Legg (income@ihug.co.nz)
Wed, 5 Feb 1997 13:23:00 +1300


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> Weak
> uploading does exist today because a brain can be kept alive =
indefinitely
> on life support systems with sensory interfaces to computers.

Show me proof.=20

In 1969 Dean E. Wooldrigde (the W of TRW fame) wrote a book called =
"Mechanical Man" in which he outlined experiments in which a dog's head =
was severed and reattached to a second dog. He did not say that it was =
kept alive but he speculated that it could be for a long time. As to =
covert studies in this area you have to accept my word, right now, that =
they are being conducted.=20

The difference between a dog and a human is self determination. A human =
who understands and accepts the weak uploading challenge has a greater =
chance of survival than a dog, all things being equal. The political =
challenge for transhumanism is to cancel the covert activities and =
provide legal safeguards for volunteers.

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