Re: One third of my students would upload

From: Emlyn (emlyn@one.net.au)
Date: Fri Dec 08 2000 - 19:03:45 MST


That's really interesting.

Robin, have you asked your students who would upload if it were destructive
to the original? I'd be really interested to hear the answer to that.

Myself, I think I'd allow uploads of myself. I think if I were an upload of
myself, I'd feel pretty altruistic toward the original, and help it get into
the machine, too. So, it seems like a good deal.

Emlyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Hanson" <rhanson@gmu.edu>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 1:15 AM
Subject: One third of my students would upload

> This last week I told my microeconomics students about
> some of the economics of uploading this week. I asked
> how many of them would be willing to make an upload
> copy of themselves (assuming their original remained intact).
> Five out of fifteen of them said they would.
>
> Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
> Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
> MSN 1D3, Carow Hall, Fairfax VA 22030-4444
> 703-993-2326 FAX: 703-993-2323
>



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