Matt Mahoney via AGI wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Piaget Modeler via AGI <[email protected]> > wrote: >> But I would submit that copy of you is not you. A clone of you is not you, >> it is a clone. >> It doesn't have the same identity. Neither does a program that simulates >> your mind. >> (In my humble opinion, of course.) > It is normal to feel that way. An exact copy of you would also claim > to be you.
That is a supposition, not an emperical fact. > I believe that non-destructive uploading is closer, because it is > easier to collect the needed information just by watching and > interacting with a person for a year or so. This raises the copying > issue, of course. Nobody is going to believe that the copy is them. And, because they are not uploaders, they are inherently wrong because uploaders are inherently right, by definition. There is no reason to even entertain the preferences, or even basic rights of non uploaders because they're teh stupidz and really should not be allowed to make such decisions. > The solution is to wait for the biological body to die, and then it is > no longer an issue. Even if you believe that souls exist, so will your > copy. If the upload is done right, nobody will see any difference. Why is that the only idea that is worthy of being accepted ? Why am I not allowed to propose, persue, and implement my own ideas with regards to myself without being continually insulted by people like you? Seriously, what the fuck? -- IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. Powers are not rights. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
