[ExI] Coherent vs. Incoherent Fears of Being Uploaded

Stathis Papaioannou stathisp at gmail.com
Sun Jan 24 00:37:47 UTC 2010


2010/1/24 Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>:

>> That is why a gun held to
>> someone's head, representing the threat of permanent loss of
>> consciousness, is so effective a motivator.
>
> I beg to differ. A gun held to one's head, or any other proximate
> chance for physical threat, often indicated by pain, simply unleash
> one's gene whisper to run away as fast as one can. Exactly for the
> same reasons why a fruitfly does not dive into water or a rat likes
> sex. Because those who are inclined otherwise would not leave much
> offspring.

That's the reason, certainly. There is nothing fundamentally wrong
with being dead. Still, even though I have this insight, I don't want
to be free of the manipulation; and this of course is part of the
manipulation.


-- 
Stathis Papaioannou



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