[ExI] Uploading and selfhood

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 29/03/2008, Michael Miller <ain_ani at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I think the basic gist is, how can we even talk about 'self' without the
> social, embodied context which generates our sense of having a self - both
> in terms of 'oneself' and others? To assume that the self at its core is
> information, effectively replicates a religious supernaturalism in claiming
> that action and interaction (which are the processes by which our thoughts
> and feelings come to happen) are irrelevant. Can a self develop or persist
> without an environment in which it gains definition?

No doubt there would be something terribly wrong if you found yourself
uploaded but completely cut off from environmental interaction. So, if
you're considering being uploaded, you should make sure that you are
given sensor and effector peripherals, or at least a very rich virtual
environment.





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Stathis Papaioannou