[ExI] Uploads are self

[Ben Zaiboc]

I think it's probably time to wind down this thread now, I'm sure everyone else is bored with it at least, and it probably represents more noise than signal at this point. And besides, it's been taking up way more of my time than it has any right to.

For my money, philosophy of identity is useless for making decisions about uploading, which is what the original point of this thread was supposed to be about.

(Of course, I think that philosophy of identity is useless for anything except generating heat and confusion, so that's probably why).

Other people may disagree.

For those who are interested in more practical arguments, Joe Strout's website on uploading might be worth a look:
http://www.ibiblio.org/jstrout/uploading/MUHomePage.html

I find it to me mostly sensible, or at least I agree with most of it. Where there are differing views, I think that Joe's make more sense than Bruce Zimov's.

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Ben