Uploading

John K Clark (johnkc@well.com)
Mon, 4 Nov 1996 08:06:53 -0800 (PST)


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On Fri, 01 Nov 1996 Chris Hind <chind@juno.com> Wrote:

>[dreams] provides evidence for memory and consciousness
>being two seporate functions.

Yes, but I never said memory and consciousness were identical, I did say they
were both based on information. There's a lot more to information than just
memory.

>This is why incrememtal gradual uploading is required

Suppose I show you 2 people, you talk and get to know them, then I then take
them away and upload them. One I Upload very gradually under conditions you
would consider ideal, the other one I upload instantaneously with my gamma ray
pulse laser. Now I show you the 2 uploads and let you ask them any question
and perform any test you like. Is there any way you could determine which one
was uploaded quickly and which one was not? If the Scientific Method can not
find any difference we must conclude that there is no difference, or we will
sink into the swamp of metaphysics and superstition.

John K Clark johnkc@well.com

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