In a message dated 7/22/2001 6:16:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
asa@nada.kth.se writes:
<< Better: upload someone, and ask the *upload* if it thinks it feels like
before. >>
What you've done here, is merely to create a clone, whose experiences will
soon vastly diverge from the original, living, being. This, to me is
unsatisfactory, since all he, she, or it, is a carbon copy. Not good. Why not
good? Because it messes with Pattern Identity Theory, now there are two
patterns, one which is less valid then the other, the copy. If the original's
electrons (?) were transmitted to the Magic Eternal-Life Network; and there
was no living being left behind, that would be what we need.
<<Sure. If you create an emulation of a mind, then you will also get all
the bugs and quirks. Stopping smoking as an upload could probably be
easier, since you could treat the withdrawal directly.--
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Anders Sandberg Towards Ascension!>>
This is very decent, as long as the previously, elucidated complaint is
accomplished.
Mitch
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