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On Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:06:43 -0700 (PDT) Joe Jenkins
<joe_jenkins@yahoo.com> writes:
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>---Randall R Randall <rrandall6@juno.com> wrote:
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>> But *also, from my point of view, a perfectly
>> identical copy is not me (since if you kill him,
>> I go on living).
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>Does this mean you find no utility for survival in uploading?
No, it doesn't. I find some methods of uploading unacceptable. For instance, if we had a machine which destructively scanned my brain and after it was gone wrote a program that simulated it, I wouldn't believe that a person could live *through* such a process. On the other hand, if the machine only removes a few neurons at a time, replacing their functionality with programming or hardwired machinery, *and* thought could take place during and between these episodes, then I believe that the resulting person would still be me. There is a dividing line in there somewhere, but I don't know where it is.
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