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Plagiarizing an older comment of mine... >The things that scare me about death are the ideas that my specific goals would be left unpursued, that my responsibi
by AgentME 10y ago
Plagiarizing an older comment of mine...
>The things that scare me about death are the ideas that my specific goals would be left unpursued, that my responsibilities would be abandoned, my friends would lose my friendship, and that my memories and experiences would lose their significance upon the world.
None of those are necessarily an issue if an accurate digital copy of me continues on. Worrying about continuity sounds to me like worrying about whether you're the same person after sleeping.
- dTal 10y agoThe analogy with sleep is even more apt when you consider that we forget our dreams, mostly. Not only is there no "continuity of thought", there are actual forks in consciousness analogous to brain uploading. Not caring if a digital copy of yourself lives on because "you" are still dead is like not caring if you're still alive when you wake up because either way, your "dream self" dies.