From: John K Clark (johnkc@well.com)
Date: Tue Oct 29 1996 - 23:33:39 MST
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A good post from Chris Hind, but I do disagree with one thing.
>The way I wish to be uploaded will be through gradual
>incremental uploading so that "I" will be the uploaded,
>virtual, digital, being rather than a digital duplicate
>running around as me.
A gradual upload might be a good idea for practical reasons, you could catch
any bugs in the procedure before they caused serious harm, but I don't see
how it would make any difference from a philosophical viewpoint. Since all
the atoms in our bodies are constantly changing and information is the thing
that makes me be me and you be you, I don't think it's meaningful to
differentiate between a "copy" and the "original" of a person. Are copies of
Windows 95 inferior to the "original", whatever that means?
If I have not convinced you it's because you only read a copy of this post,
the original, as it appeared on my computer screen when I typed it, was much
better.
John K Clark johnkc@well.com
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