<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Alan Grimes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ALONZOTG@verizon.net" target="_blank">ALONZOTG@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">Kelly Anderson wrote:<br>
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Furthermore, claiming identity based on pattern identity theory<br>
and then claiming the ability to make whole-sale changes is<br>
isomorphic to having your cake and eating it too.<br><br>
I don't want my upload to be identical to me. I want my upload to be a better me. That's why I call it transhumanism. Or am I missing something vital here?<br>
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By what means, then, can you call such an upload, your future self???</blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Because I change every day. That would just be one more such change. If I learn Chinese, do I stop being myself?</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>-Kelly</div></div></div></div>