On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > The question is whether the you who was a biological entity experiences > waking up as the uploaded version. >
If the "you" who woke up this morning is the same "you" that went to sleep last night then the answer to the above question is obvious. If the "you" who woke up this morning is NOT the same "you" that went to sleep last night then the answer to the above question is unimportant. > Tipler claims > Tipler's old claims were interesting but later proven to be wrong, Tipler's new claims are insane. > > that is guaranteed if you can duplicate - or, apparently, just simulate > - the quantum state of your body > That would be VAST overkill! The quantum state of your body changes about a hundred thousand million billion trillion times every second of your life, but subjectively it doesn't cause a loss of personal identity, and in a case like this subjectivity is far more important than objectivity. John K Clark -- 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.
