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If my brain was in a jar, but all my sensory perception linked to a robot body on the other face of the planet (without my brain knowing), I would probably cons
by croon 6y ago
If my brain was in a jar, but all my sensory perception linked to a robot body on the other face of the planet (without my brain knowing), I would probably consider that robot body me.
- RHSeeger 6y agoAnd if someone managed to build a model of the human brain and "uploaded" your brain into it such that it acted identically to your biological brain, would you also consider that "you"? Are there two of "you" now? Note: I'm not disagreeing with you, just kind of following the road your comment lays out.
- mcguire 6y agoDon't put too much emphasis on "you" there...the two will diverge quickly. :-)
- croon 6y agoShort answer: yes, as long as I'm unaware I'm an upload. I was mostly trying to make the point how much of our existence is rooted in our senses. Even though we can meditate/daydream/dream/etc, most of it processes experiences already had. I have no idea how a brain without any I/O would contemplate its existence, but I don't think our current psychological models apply.