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<p>We have been beating this particular horse for at least three
decades that I know of. <br/>
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<p>What is a "computer"? Seriously, is it reasonable to label as
"computer" with its connotations today whatever substrate can
contain a human mind or perhaps several? Is that label a device
to cast shade on the possibility from the beginning? <br/>
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<p>What if you have machine phase nanotech and rod-logic hyper tiny
computers through your brain that simply take over more and more
of the functioning of your brain over time. Is that still
you? <br/>
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<p>Are you still you when you are knocked out for surgery and then
find yourself apparently back in reality and in apparently your
same body? What if you were instead in a coma for years? Or
if part of your brain was damaged and replaced with future tech?
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<p>What is this "you" in the first place? Have you inquired into it
much? <br/>
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<p>All of these arguments and more we have discussed many times and
entertained ourselves with their slipperiness to come to firm
conclusions by head tripping about it. <br/>
<br/>
What can we simply build and what can we change in ourselves to
perhaps get us closer to being able to try it? <br/>
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<p>- samantha<br/>
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