[ExI] Uploads are self

Ben Zaiboc benzaiboc at proton.me
Sat Mar 21 21:32:02 UTC 2026


On 21/03/2026 19:16, Jason Resch wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 3:05 PM Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     This issue I have muddled by proposing being able to move to and from
>     the uploaded state.  If you can do this, continuous memory across both
>     states, it is hard to deny that a person exists in the uploaded state.
>
>
> I think certainly "a person" exists in the uploaded state. But is it the "same person" as existed in the biological state?


Who else could it be?
It literally could not be anyone else. The mind is the same mind. Has to be. I don't even know why I have to keep saying these things.

-- 
Ben



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