On Tuesday, June 24, 2014, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24 June 2014 17:04, meekerdb <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> >>> If primitive matter existed, and if it has a role for consciousness, or >>> for consciousness instantiation, step 8, and the argument above, makes that >>> role very mysterious, so much that it is not clear why we could still say >>> yes to the doctor in virtue of correct digital rendering. >>> >> >> You can still say yes to the doctor because he is going to use matter to >> make your brain prosthesis. >> > > Surely that will just be a copy that thinks it's you - it won't be you, so > if you are destroyed in the process of making the digital copy, you really > do die. While in comp the digital copy *is* you, by definition. >
It could be that comp is false, so it is impossible to make a digital copy of your biological brain, but a biological copy would work just fine, and "really be you". -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
