From: Dennis Roberts (droberts@netvectors.com)
Date: Sun Aug 01 1999 - 19:22:27 MDT
Gina Miller wrote: "what is the definition of
> consciousness", until that is clear this kind of question is limited in
> answer. Any idea's?
I suspect that uploading"consciousness" probably is equivalent to copying the
picture on your TV. You might be able to copy the hardware/software that
produces the image, not the actual image.
What about a VCR doesn't that copy the picture? No it just makes an image of
that picture. How about DVD ? Isn't every DVD disk like every other one with
the same title ? Yes, but they are still just an image of the original event
series.
Rather than trying to copy "consciousness" into some other medium maybe the
way to true longevity of " consciousness" is to increase the amount of an
individual's information processing that resides out of body until it reaches
a point at which the death of the biologic component is of no significant
importance to that individual. What is the significance of the loss of
1/1000000 of an individual's " consciousness"?
Dennis Roberts
droberts@a-o.com
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