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Can we please just shift the bulk medical research funding to problems like gradual replacement for eventual consciousness upload, so we can “solve” all biologi
by xvector 6y ago
Can we please just shift the bulk medical research funding to problems like gradual replacement for eventual consciousness upload, so we can “solve” all biological diseases in one go?
Seems woefully inefficient to tackle ten thousand independent fatal ailments - and fund each effort separately - when we could be working on abandoning this frail form entirely.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoIt seems likely to me that solving breast cancer is easier/quicker than solving consciousness upload. If we do what you propose, a lot of people are going to die from breast cancer while we're waiting for upload to get here.
- xvector 6y agoStill, solving upload is likely much easier than solving the thousands of different fatal ailments out there altogether. These individuals are going to die of some ailment within a few decades regardless of whether breast cancer is cured. Consciousness upload is the only thing that enables a real difference for humanity.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoIf consciousness upload is actually practically possible. But even if it is, it's a long ways out. Even if you can't save them all, even if you can't save them permanently, don't just ignore trying to make progress on diseases that are killing real people now. Don't chase your wonderful dream to the exclusion of real progress that is definitely available if we put resources on some of those thousands of problems.