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Do you have continuity of thought before and after you undergo general anesthesia? Perhaps, perhaps not - but it does remove any uncertainty, doesn't it? At le
by CountSessine 10y ago
Do you have continuity of thought before and after you undergo general anesthesia?
Perhaps, perhaps not - but it does remove any uncertainty, doesn't it? At least with general anesthesia we can say that there is continuity of process and form; with 'digital afterlife', we don't even have that - you've been extinguished and your electronic doppleganger lives happily ever after. 'Digital afterlife' resolves any epistemelogical ambiguity but not in a happy way - it isn't you - we know that.
Seems like a pretty lousy afterlife. I'd rather just be remembered.
- zyxley 10y agoIf the options were "die" and "die, but with an immortal digital copy", I think I'd still take the second. It wouldn't help me much personally, but zyxley-2 would be able to carry my legacy forward and (hopefully) lessen the burden of grief on others.
- civilian 10y agoMight it increase the burden of grief on others? I had a hard time seeing my friend's facebook page after he died. Months and years later, it still hurts that FB suggest that I invite him to events. But I don't want to unfriend him, and I'm not sure I want to mess with Facebooks "memorial page" policy.