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I always wonder if you were able to resurrect someone's brain in a computer if that "person" would be interested enough to even stay alive.
by soperj 11y ago
I always wonder if you were able to resurrect someone's brain in a computer if that "person" would be interested enough to even stay alive.
- natosaichek 11y agoHere's a soild SF book that deals a fair bit with that question: http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/PERMUTATION/Permutation.html http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/PERMUTATION/Permuta...
- golergka 11y ago> if that "person" would be interested enough to even stay alive If you "ressurect" someone's brain, it should behave like the person behaved when it was alive — and people usually prefer being alive to being dead.
- mattdw 11y agoBut with a completely different set of sensory input, and under a whole different set of constraints.
- lotsofcows 11y agoYour brain is not you. If you resurrected an entire body, whether virtually or otherwise, with all the the myriad microorganisms, etc that implies, it should behave like the person behaved when it was alive.