[ExI] Future Bodies

[Adrian Tymes]

On Jan 23, 2014 1:05 PM, "Kelly Anderson" <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using fork in the Linux or Unix sense.
>
> That is, I create a copy of myself (usually in VR) and have it go learn
something, or have some experience, or do some work, then I merge that
copy's experiences into my primary memory. At that point, the purpose of
the copy is finished, and its' execution can be terminated. This is
essentially killing a copy of yourself.

Is it?  "Kill" in the UNIX sense is not quite identical to the living being
or sentient mind senses, especially when the one remaining copy will have
the memories (and other learned adjustments) of both.

Keep in mind that you today do not consist primarily of the atoms you were
born with, and indeed you have lost most of them by now - but losing them
did not kill you.
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