<p dir="ltr">On Jan 23, 2014 1:05 PM, "Kelly Anderson" <<a href="mailto:kellycoinguy@gmail.com">kellycoinguy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I'm using fork in the Linux or Unix sense.<br>
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> That is, I create a copy of myself (usually in VR) and have it go learn something, or have some experience, or do some work, then I merge that copy's experiences into my primary memory. At that point, the purpose of the copy is finished, and its' execution can be terminated. This is essentially killing a copy of yourself.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Is it? "Kill" in the UNIX sense is not quite identical to the living being or sentient mind senses, especially when the one remaining copy will have the memories (and other learned adjustments) of both.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Keep in mind that you today do not consist primarily of the atoms you were born with, and indeed you have lost most of them by now - but losing them did not kill you.</p>