To: B-Chan
I agree. There's no way to prove that an entity has that "I know I exist" feeling, unless it's yourself.
Who would be willing to upload their mind into a black box if the outcome is that uncertain.
To: Fitzcarraldo; B-Chan
Who would be willing to upload their mind into a black box if the outcome is that uncertain.Actually, right now it'd be a very simple task to find people willing to undergo the experiment: the terminally ill. The more important question is whether terminal illness will even exist anymore when total brain upload becomes viable.
57 posted on
04/22/2006 4:48:10 PM PDT by
AntiGuv
(The 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty is bad for America and bad for humanity - DUMP IT!)
To: Fitzcarraldo
Who would be willing to upload their mind into a black box if the outcome is that uncertain. I'd have to know whether it was planned as a 'copy' or a 'move.'
93 posted on
04/22/2006 6:24:06 PM PDT by
Erasmus
(Eat beef. Someone has to control the cow population!)
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