[extropy-chat] The Story of a Brain

[Alejandro Dubrovsky]

On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 12:18 -0700, "Hal Finney" wrote:
> I sent a version of this posting five years ago, but I thought people
> might enjoy seeing it again.  Unfortunately I have not been able to find
> an online copy of the essay that I paraphrase.
> 
> One of the articles in the collection The Mind's I, edited by Hofstadter
> and Dennett, has always struck me as posing difficult problems relating
> to instantiation and playback questions.  It is The Story of a Brain, by
> Arnold Zuboff.  I will summarize a portion here.  This is a simplification
> of Zuboff's arguments but I think catches the main idea.
> 

Most excellent Hal.  I was telling my brother yesterday night how the
identity thread is back on the extropian list, and how it did change my
mind once, back in '99 with a story that someone posted.  Thanks again.
alejandro