Kaj, You asked "I wonder if people entering cryogenic suspension could set some sort of "thaw-out conditions".
Indeed they can with Alcor. In my suspension agreement, I listed my preferred reanimation conditions in rank order. For example, I stated my preferance to be reanimated as a body rather than as an upload (software entity), if there is a choice. Maybe later I'll go upload, but I'd like to make that decision after I get a chance to see what my future world is like. Regards, Mike LaTorra On 6/26/07, Kaj Sotala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 6/26/07, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 06:37:23PM +0300, Kaj Sotala wrote: > > "Killing" is an interesting word, with several interpretations. In a > > Perhaps we can agree on a permanently terminated system trajectory. > You can make sure it never gets resumed by erasing the information > about the original process. Save of lunatic fringe (at the big Sounds workable. > > sense, it's true that you need to "kill" the original - the original > > certainly isn't exactly the same after being uploaded, in the same > > With destructive scan, there is no original. It takes reassembly > of nanosalami slices of a vitrified biological system. Of course, there are methods of uploading that do destroy the original. I was only pointing out that the destruction of the original isn't a necessary requirement for *every* method. > > stuck on the viewpoint where the only method of uploading is making a > > copy and then destroying the original, when the prospect of gradually > > turning your neurons into artificial ones has already been brought up > > It's a great prospect. Unfortunately, I don't see how we currently > living can profit from systems as described in http://nanomedicine.com/ > > If you're a chunk of cryogenic glass in the dewar the destructive > scan is easiest. Easiest, perhaps. I wonder if people entering cryogenic suspension could set some sort of "thaw-out conditions" - for instance, "only bring me back if you can rebuild my original cell tissue, no matter how long it takes" or "bring me back at the earliest opportunity, even if you had to do a destructive upload". -- http://www.saunalahti.fi/~tspro1/ | http://xuenay.livejournal.com/ Organizations worth your time: http://www.singinst.org/ | http://www.crnano.org/ | http://lifeboat.com/ ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&;
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