[extropy-chat] Re: Formulating a bet

[Eugen Leitl]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 09:36:53PM -0500, Slawomir Paliwoda wrote:

> For cryonics, the only test you'll ever need to determine whether revived
> person is the same is to track space-time trajectory of matter implementing
> his or her original mind instance.

Why should that be relevant? If you don't have that knowledge, is it suddenly
a zombie? Who's doing the tracking? Certainly not the system itself.

Why should those atoms entering and leaving the system in the course of
homeostasis (CNS is in a really fast flux, some parts have half life of
hours) be treated differently from a rebuild?

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