From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Mon Dec 11 2000 - 00:38:15 MST
Emlyn wrote,
>... and as we add new stuff, we can slowly shut off old stuff. Eventually,
>the transition is complete. Like the axe handed down through generations,
>head replaced 3 times, handle replaced 7 times, the components have changed,
>but identity remains. I think we can fully upload, and retain conscious
>integrity. Not by a copy mechanism, however; only by gradual modification
>(how gradual? I don't know).
This is my preferred method for uploading. I would have no doubts
that the resulting mechanism is "me". It avoids the duplicate person
problem, because there is only one person at a time. It also doesn't
terminate one of the entities as part of the upload.
>Unfortunately, this is not an information scenario, and means there is no
>possibility of backups. Of course, backups can be made, and run, and they
>will be very grateful for it, but the original's case is not helped at all.
Yes, this is a problem. Backups are *replacement* copies. They
don't help at all if the original does not want to be deleted and
replaced.
-- Harvey Newstrom <HarveyNewstrom.com>
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