<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> wrote:</span><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">>On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 09:08:07PM -0700, Gordon wrote:</span><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="y_msg_container"><br>>> I'm glad to see that you're still
working on this project, Brent. I don't<br>>> know if you remember me (I used to sign off as '-gts") but some years ago I<br>>>took the position here that consciousness cannot be duplicated or created on<br>>> digital computers, i.e., that digital uploading is impossible. I engaged in<br><br>> Does that mean binary, or discrete? Would an analogue solid state system<br>> qualify?<br><br>> a lengthy debate about it. Some important voices here gave me a lot of grief<br>> (I was even called a "troll") so I left for another venue.<br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>