[ExI] Cryonics for uploaders discussion: Video (John Clark)

[William Flynn Wallace]

If only you know you have been replaced with a copy, not the copy or anyone
else, how do you know now if you have been replaced by a copy? How do you
know if are being replaced by a copy every five minutes for your whole life?

> --
Stathis Papaioannou

Technically, you would know because there would be a program sent in the
copying process that would compare what was there and what was replacing it
looking for errors in the copying process.  But........

Why would I care?    bill w

On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 3:32 PM, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 at 4:46 am, Re Rose <rocket at earthlight.com> wrote:
>
>> "The only way we'll know for sure that any Cryonics procedure works is
>> when we
>> successfully revive somebody"
>>
>> Actually I'm not sure that will be helpful in all cases. I imagine a
>> scenario where a backup copy is uploaded to a host. Upon reanimation it
>> will be completely convinced its consciouness is as the person who was
>> uploaded. Why shouldn't it be? IMHO, the only individual who will even be
>> able to know if the copy is in fact "you" will be you - a copy will not be
>> able to tell. Not even your friends or partners can say if its you. They
>> may be convinced it is you. Only your subjective, internal experience will
>> allow you to be sure if it is you, and that agent will not be able to
>> convince anyone else (including copies) of that.
>>
>
> If only you know you have been replaced with a copy, not the copy or
> anyone else, how do you know now if you have been replaced by a copy? How
> do you know if are being replaced by a copy every five minutes for your
> whole life?
>
>> --
> Stathis Papaioannou
>
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