RE: Cryonics and uploading as leaps of faith? (was Re: Uploaded Omniscience)

From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Thu Jun 26 2003 - 19:31:40 MDT

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    Randall writes

    > On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 02:47 PM, Kevin Freels wrote:
    >
    > > For those who aren't spiritual, this isn't a big leap. You are the
    > > information, regardless of how it is stored.
    >
    > It really is not that simple. Further, there is a problem with
    > (the English) language, such that when one refers to a an object,
    > it's not clear whether you mean that object or all objects of that
    > class. If I talk about a book I own, it's unclear whether I mean
    > that I own all the information in all books like it (as many say
    > the author does), or only the physical instance of the book. This
    > confusion is at the heart of most arguments about both "intellectual
    > property" and uploading/copying of people.

    But if you are the same person that you were last month,
    and you are the same person after you wake up from a coma
    wherein your EEG was zero for an extended period, then
    what are you besides information? What else could you
    possibly be?

    Lee

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