From: Kate Riley (kate_riley7@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 07 1999 - 23:52:34 MST
A question:
(Please forgive me if this has been asked and answered previously. I have
been lurking for a bit, but by no means am I familiar with everything that
has been said and discussed.)
Concerning uploaded individuals. Considering that such a being would,
presumably, be immortal, and considering that such a being would wish to
retain all of its memories (and probably with more clarity than is afforded
by our protein brains, which are notorious for storing memories in a
somewhat fuzzy and incomplete manner), there would seem to be some concern
about space. Certainly my computer could not hold even a significant
fraction of my memories. Now, admittedly, my brain is comparatively small,
and seems to do alright, but most, if not all, of us have witnessed the loss
of memories which tends to occur in the later years of a person's life,
which results partially from the fact that there is a limited space capacity
for memories. One would want to retain all memories, and therefore would
want upgrades, spare hard drives, if you will. Is this a concern? Is it
realistic to expect resources to hold out? How many people are expected to
ultimately be uploaded?
Kathryn Riley
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