[extropy-chat] I keep asking myself...

[Herb Martin]

> On 4/3/06, Anne-Marie Taylor <femmechakra at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Why would anybody want a copy of themselves?
> > (In any form)

> From: Giu1i0 Pri5c0
> If someone knows that she is going to die in a few weeks, and if she
> accepts that the copy is a valid continuation of her consciousness
> (that is, the copy wakes up thinking and feeling that she is you, and
> with all your memories and emotions), then the answer is obvious: to
> stay alive.
> G.

Extending:

Also, if one were inhabiting a body that no longer
functioned adequately, such as the presence of 
intolerable pain or complete paralysis (in one's 
own opinion) then the termination of the body with
the continuation of the mind might make be an easy
choice.

Especially if suitable body substitutes were 
available once the mind transfer were completed.

Every human being (of certain age) must die*,
but there is no rule that one must suffer cruel
pain or incapacitation.

*This may not be true in the future, and may not
be true for SOME people already alive today.

One can even imagine that increased capabilities
(whatever that might be, or be perceived to be)
might entice some to make the shift even with time
remaining on a biological body.

--
Herb Martin