[ExI] Digital Consciousness .

[Kelly Anderson]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Alan Grimes <ALONZOTG at verizon.net> wrote:

> Kelly Anderson wrote:
>
>>
>>     Furthermore, claiming identity based on pattern identity theory
>>     and then claiming the ability to make whole-sale changes is
>>     isomorphic to having your cake and eating it too.
>>
>> I don't want my upload to be identical to me. I want my upload to be a
>> better me. That's why I call it transhumanism. Or am I missing something
>> vital here?
>>
>
> !!!
>
> By what means, then, can you call such an upload, your future self???


Because I change every day. That would just be one more such change. If I
learn Chinese, do I stop being myself?

-Kelly
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