Just like a stream of consciousness ceases when I go to sleep
and a separate stream of consciousness is created when my body
wakes up? There will probably be something unique about the
discontinuity involved in uploading, but I have heard no reason
to expect that the mind which uploading produces lacks anything
that the mind which will inhabit my body after a more familiar
discontinuity has.
> I don't think
>too many people would terminate their own stream of consciousness to
>create new independant ones. What would be the advantage?
Greater wealth through the ability to work at faster clock speeds.
More security through the ability to make distributed backups.
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