From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Oct 11 2002 - 21:05:48 MDT
Robert Bradbury wrote,
>gts wrote:
> > Rafal and Robert...
>
> Oh boy, now we are stirring up the mix. We may have
> Soul Train on PCP here.
lol. I added you to be sure you would read the abstracts, as I know you have
a personal interest in SAD.
>> "a record of 'today's' non-genetic neuronal structures is insufficent
>> for preserving personality into the future"
>
> This is a bit unclear to me.
I mean that at least some the non-genetic neuronal structures change *as a
result of changes in gene expression in response to stimuli*.
Because changes in gene expression change at least some non-genetic neuronal
structures in time in response to stimuli, we must include those genetic
instructions in our uploaded personalities so that our neurons can respond
true to our existing personalities to future stimuli that are not present at
the time of the uploading.
Does above thought that register with you? It is my position here in a
nutshell. If my words are not clear that tell me so that I can try
rephrasing them.
> You seem to be suggesting that
> the personality (of people who have SAD) is regulated by DNA
> and that must be preserved to reproduce the "personality".
Yes.
> But as an individual who may very well be affected by SAD,
> I'm well aware of the fact that I may be able to move from
> Seattle to Phoenix and trump the genetic program that may be
> running my personality (or more accurately "moods").
Sure, but that does not disprove my point.
> I think the foundations of this discussion go back to the
> question of whether or not the "functions" of DNA can or
> cannot be "emulated". I'd like to have gts agree that they
> can be emulated (I think this is my position and Rafals)
> or that they cannot be emulated (and if so explain why this
> is the case).
That has been my position all along, Robert. As I've stated several times in
this thread, I define genes by function rather than form. We must encode for
those instructions if we hope to upload ourselves and preserve our
personalities. By "encoding those instructions" I mean the same thing as
"emulating those instructions."
-gts
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