Re: Uploading

From: Randall R Randall (rrandall6@juno.com)
Date: Thu Sep 03 1998 - 10:36:19 MDT


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On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 22:32:31 +0200 "den Otter" <neosapient@geocities.com>
writes:

>> From: Joe Jenkins <joe_jenkins@yahoo.com>

>> If non-destructive technology were available, would you choose to
>> upload and keep your biological self alive or terminate it?
>
>I wouldn't use any scanning technique to upload, since IMO the
>copy wouldn't be "me"; I'd rather have gradual uploading by means
>of computer implants, or perhaps nano-assisted neuron-by-neuron
>replacement of the biomass by artificial structures _while I'm
>conscious_ (yeah,yeah, call me old-fashioned... ;-)

This is exactly my position, so I don't have to write one. :)

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