[ExI] Here's an idea: Let's torture sane people! =P

[Henrique Moraes Machado (CI)]

<Alan Grimes>
I'm feeling about ten different emotions about this subject simultaneously.
My post the other day had many intents, despite being written as a
bedtime flash of inspiration.
First, as I have already shown, it effectively tricked the uploaders
into arguing against their own fetish by forcing them to argue that no
link of any kind exists between the original an the copy.
</Alan Grimes>

I don`t think the destructive vs non-destructive or the identity issues 
discussed on these topics are real issues. That`s just because I happen to 
think that many many things will happen before we can really upload. 
Augmentation and enhancement will come way before that and we will be 
implanting cybernetic brain parts prior to even being capable of anything 
near uploading. When we eventually get to the point where we can actually 
upload, we'll be so different than we are today and we'll probably have 
these (and many other) issues already resolved.
Uploading won't be abrupt as in today you're a meatball and tomorrow you're 
a virtual entity. It will be gradual. The line between meatball and 
cybernetic will blur more and more until we reach the point that uploading 
will be natural.
At least that's how I see it. I may be completely wrong though.