[ExI] Bodies

[jameschoate at austin.rr.com]

---- Ben Zaiboc <bbenzai at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> I'm with Lee on this one, only moreso.
> 
> Why do people assume that this is an either-or thing? That after uploading, you somehow lose the ability to interact with the world you 'left' (you won't leave it at all, really, your brain will just be made of someting different, and be much better at communication).

Because that's the way it's pitched, upload and leave the physical. If you don't see that then  you missed something in that part of the discussion.

> I think that's a good way of looking at it: migrating your consciousness into a better brain.  I'm sure there's no reason why that better brain couldn't be installed in an old-fashioned version 1 meat-body, just like the one you have now (If you really wanted that, for some unfathomable reason).

Migration or augmentation is -not- uploading. You're being uncritical in your thinking here.

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