From: Chris Russo (extropy@russo.org)
Date: Sun Dec 10 2000 - 23:16:20 MST
At 14:12 +0930 12/11/00, Emlyn wrote:
>I'm really glad that some people think like this. The initial copy-upload
>experiments will need volunteers, and if they are destructive of the
>original, I wont be doing it!
>
>Emlyn
Knowing intellectually that there is no difference between me and my
copy is one thing. Fighting the self-preservation instincts that
want to keep my current physical body intact will be quite another,
I'm sure.
Similarly, I know that tetanus shots are good for me to have every
ten years. Instinctively, I *hate* needles with a passion.
I'm sure that if the opportunity arises for me to be backed up
destructively, I'll have an awful lot of variables to weigh.
Regards,
Chris Russo
--
"If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought
or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet
hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance
which does harm."
-- Marcus Aurelius, MEDITATIONS, VI, 21
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