Would Hans Moravec be a Tiplerian? Since Tipler's technology demands the
reformulation of the cosmos, Moravec merely demands the reconfiguration of a
single neutron star.
In a message dated 6/19/00 6:52:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
bradbury@genebee.msu.su writes:
<< Unless you are a Tiplerian, the loss is so close to complete
that it *is* complete. However, there may be leftovers unrelated to your
brain
(e.g. Sasha's memoirs) that allow the reconstitution of a relative
approximation
of individuals. Now, there are going to be a lot of people with raised
eyebrows
if a combination of genetic backtracking, historic pattern matching and
simulation integration with known outcomes allows you to by and large
recreate
an individual without any frozen wet-matter at all! How much of the "Greg"
personality
could I get knowing the time and place of years of the crystallization of
your
firmware? >>
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