<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 3:57 PM, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 6:59 PM, hkhenson wrote:<br><div class="Ih2E3d">> Did I miss anything? What would you do with such an offer?<br><br>
</div>The technical problem is, How do you define a 'heaven' simulation?<br>
<br></blockquote></div>But the question was: what would _you_ do with such an offer?<br><br>I think I would opt for continuing in the simulation with full knowledge of the simulation. I would also like to spawn another self that remains blissfully unaware (having had all memory of the cop redacted) The more difficult decision is what to do with the meat body: Return consciousness to it unaware of the simulation, essentially ignorant of an otherwise accessible parallel world - or to wake it up with a copy of the fully-aware simulation self. I think I'd have to opt for the full awareness of reality-as-I-understand-it-so-far. That's the most consistent and "real" version of awareness (no inexplicable holes in recent personal/subjective experience). <br>
<br> I would then attempt to take up the following "professions" - ignorant-sim-self goes on doing whatever it may be that the heaven software generates for bliss. Aware-sim-self monitors the blissfully ignorant instance as a form of introspective self-reflection or perhaps as a different entity altogether (divorcing identity-equality with something like "I don't even know you anymore")<br>
The flesh-based self may live a carefree existence with the knowledge that some form of identity persists beyond the normal realm of physical mortality issues and will likely try to convince others to adopt a similar state of being. I wouldn't go so far as to call is proselytizing, but in the same way I invited my friends to use gmail, I might suggest people try the sim existence known as 'heaven' for themselves and make their own choice. The idea behind this is to establish a greater network of relationships in both worlds. That strikes me as obvious: increased membership increases potential complexity and therefore more interesting possibility.<br>
<br>Does aware-sim-self get to have contact with aware-meat-self? That might make possible some interesting conversations. Well, at least as interesting as those conversations we might have with those friends who know us well.<br>
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