> You can't upload yourself. You exist a layer above this physical realm.
THIS is a great statement. On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 at 08:47, justcamel <[email protected]> wrote: > You can't upload yourself. You exist a layer above this physical realm. > > Super Mario can't upload the controlling player "into" Luigi. It does > not work. Likewise a saved gamestate or savegame does not (and can not) > contain any information about the controlling entity (the player). > > The controlling entity is superdimensional and can not be accessed from > the virtualized reality frame. A human body (including the brain) is > just an avatar and just because the consciousness which is _YOU_ > identifies with a particular human story (in your case "Matt") does not > give the human body within this particular reality frame the ability to > upload/access/alter/etc. the controlling entity (_YOU_ the consciousness). > > A Night Elf nobody currently identifies with (controls) is just an > object in memory with potential abilities (accessed via class functions) > which are all limited to alter/access information within the virtualized > world. A Night Elf itself can not do anything in regards to the > "hosting" reality ... let alone upload the controlling player (which > exists in a superdimension of WoW) into anything existing within its > virtualized reality. > > The notion of uploading and cryonics, etc. is most absurd. It only > appears to be a valid concept to fully identified consciousness which > truly believes to be its avatar/story. Freezing your Night Elf does > nothing to the controlling entity ... > > Not wanting to die ... wanting to be more than your avatar ... that's > normal ... but there is no death in the first place ... and you are > _always_ free to transcend your avatar/story any time ... it's just very > hard to escape the story which makes up your entire alleged existence as > _something_. Some people struggle for years just to stop smoking ... and > some people (or rather chunks of consciousness) struggle many lifetimes > to overcome the habit of believing to be _something_ ... some entity > within this vast field which is you. > > Strongly identified chunks of consciousness even have trouble to "let > go" of their human story after their avatar dies ... just like some > teenagers are having huge issues with letting go of their LVL9000 Night > Elf ... there is a nice book on this subject ... > > https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Afterlife-William-Buhlman/dp/1453786058 > > On 16/02/2019 16:31, Matt Mahoney wrote: > > An upload is a robot that looks and acts like you. -- Stefan Reich BotCompany.de // Java-based operating systems ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T98b9ca7c8919643f-M090f24764136c870c9d7a899 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
