[ExI] Time and Personal Identity

[Jason Resch]

On Wed, Apr 9, 2025, 3:29 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On 09/04/2025 00:22, BillK wrote:
>
> Gemini 2.5 Pro AI has just released the Deep Research version, so I repeated the same question.
> It took a while and looked at over 170 websites to generate a report.
> Impressive, but the question remains undecided.   :)
> BillK
>
> Question -Which
>  of the three alternative types of Individualism is likely to be more
> correct? Empty Individualism Closed Individualism Open Individualism
>
>
>
> I can't help wondering if anyone has yet asked a chatbot how many angels
> can dance on the head of a pin.
>

A) If you freeze your brain for 100 years and it is thawed and placed in a
new body grown from your DNA is it still you, have you survived this
procedure?

B) What if they destructively scan your brain's connectome and 3D print a
new living brain from an entirely new set of material? Is it still you, and
have you survived this procedure?

C) What if they use the scan to upload your brain's connectome into a
computer to control a robot body that in all respects looks like and senses
like your biological body, is it still you?

D) What if part of your brain was damaged from a crack, corresponding to
memories of a vacation, but those parts of your connectome were
reconstructed from digital records (phone location data, digital photos,
emails taken while you were on that vacation, etc.). Is it still you, have
you survived the process?


The answer to these questions depends on which theory of personal identity
is correct.

So it isn't an idle question without consequences. Rather, the answer
concerns what is for many people, quite important: continuing to exist in
the world.

Jason
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