Re: Cryonics sources [was: Nature defines transhumanist]

From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Tue Jun 20 2000 - 05:12:22 MDT


Would Hans Moravec be a Tiplerian? Since Tipler's technology demands the
reformulation of the cosmos, Moravec merely demands the reconfiguration of a
single neutron star.

In a message dated 6/19/00 6:52:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
bradbury@genebee.msu.su writes:

<< Unless you are a Tiplerian, the loss is so close to complete
 that it *is* complete. However, there may be leftovers unrelated to your
brain
 (e.g. Sasha's memoirs) that allow the reconstitution of a relative
approximation
 of individuals. Now, there are going to be a lot of people with raised
eyebrows
 if a combination of genetic backtracking, historic pattern matching and
 simulation integration with known outcomes allows you to by and large
recreate
 an individual without any frozen wet-matter at all! How much of the "Greg"
personality
 could I get knowing the time and place of years of the crystallization of
your
 firmware? >>



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