[ExI] A dispassionate examination of being an upload.

Jebadiah Moore jebdm at jebdm.net
Wed Sep 22 22:07:30 UTC 2010


On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>wrote:

> On 9/22/2010 11:52 AM, spike wrote:
>
>  If we figure out how to modify ourselves to be able to get those
>> feelings one gets from copulating with one's sweetheart, to get those
>> feelings alone and free of charge, that is THE END of human reproduction,
>> and eventually the end of humanity.
>>
>
> That doesn't follow at all. Human reproduction has had no necessary
> connection with copulation for more than 30 years (Louis Brown was born in
> 1978).
>

Then make it "the warm and fuzzy feelings you get from conceiving/raising a
child/having raised a child".

-- 
Jebadiah Moore
http://blog.jebdm.net
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