Re: uploading and the survival hang-up

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 07:41:30 MDT


From: "Anders Sandberg" <asa@nada.kth.se>
> The whole issue is philosophical fly paper: enticing, but once the
> discussion is started there is no way of getting out.

Thanks for pointing that out, Anders. Philosophical fly paper it is.
Fortunately attentive gadflies have sense enough not to get stuck in that
stinking trap.

τΏτ

Stay hungry,

--J. R.

Useless hypotheses:
 consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism

     Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
     but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
     (Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)



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