From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Tue Oct 29 2002 - 00:26:26 MST
Why not simply apply some kind of Church-Turing hypothesis to the matter and
be done with it?
If I am convinced that I have "survived" uploading or whatever; then I have.
If my family and friends are convinced, then so much the better.
If there are alternate histories, of me in other world-lines, and they are
convinced that they have uniquely survived; then so be it.
Its not like we have the technology, not even Schwartzeneggers' Sixth Day
film (was that based in a Dicke short-no Pun!) is here to trouble our dreams.
There are other tasks at hand, Kurzweil willing and the creeks don't rise.
It may be better to ask, how might pattern identity theory corelate with what
we know of physics? Is the "pattern" made of swirling electron-proton pairs
(cooper pairs), or is there a different mechanism. How does all this stuff
swirl about our neurology? Most physicists say that the brain is an
impossible place for quantum coherence to occur.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Nov 02 2002 - 09:17:51 MST