[ExI] Cryonics and reanimation/simulation

John Grigg possiblepaths2050 at gmail.com
Thu May 20 22:18:50 UTC 2010


Dave Sill wrote:
By reanimation do you mean "simply" thawing and nano-repairing a brain
and implanting it in a cloned body? Or would a nano-constructed
replica from a scan qualify? The latter, of course, would "just" be a
copy.
>>>

Yes, I mean repairing the frozen brain (and body, if also
cryopreserved).  A nano-constructed replica from a scan just does not
qualify. lol

I view a perfect (or at least near-perfect) copy of me by scanning and
simulation as the ultimate in twin brothers, but not actually me.
It's the whole "self-circuit/continuity" thing.

John


On 5/19/10, samantha <sjatkins at mac.com> wrote:
> Dave Sill wrote:
>> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:19 PM, John Grigg
>> <possiblepaths2050 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm curious to know how many of you believe an actual biological
>>> reanimation (and not simply a scan & simulation) will be possible at
>>> some point (and if that is preferable to other options).  I'm just not
>>> content with having a copy made.
>>>
>>
>> Firstly, I don't think scanning and simulating a brain is simple.
>>
>> By reanimation do you mean "simply" thawing and nano-repairing a brain
>> and implanting it in a cloned body? Or would a nano-constructed
>> replica from a scan qualify? The latter, of course, would "just" be a
>> copy.
>>
>
> I disagree with the notion of "just a copy".  But I don't want to reopen
> the never ending continuity of identity debate at this time. :)
>
>> Personally, I don't care a whole lot about the platform on which my
>> consciousness is running, as long as it *is* running.
>>
> Me too.  I care more about the quality of the running instance, its
> completeness and performance, than I care about platform.  I would
> personally be delighted to be reanimated into a really good future
> upload space with options to create one or more bodies of my choice
> (human, android, defies description, whatever) to run around in physical
> space when I so desired.    But that's me.  :)
>
> - samantha
>
>



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