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I wish that crowd were bigger. I see the idea of brain uploading discussed rather frequently among cryonicists and other futurists for instance. But the majorit
by tjpnz 5y ago
I wish that crowd were bigger. I see the idea of brain uploading discussed rather frequently among cryonicists and other futurists for instance. But the majority when posed the question (at least from what I've observed) just assume the answer to be yes. I would assume that they would be expecting some form of "continuity" in the process (especially the former group). Yet I struggle to see how that would even be possible, at least with the little we understand of consciousness as it is.
- XorNot 5y ago"Continuity" is a strange thing to have as a requirement. General anesthesia, in so far as your conscious experience goes, is distinctly not a continuous experience.
- pixl97 5y agoJust add sleep to that list. For 8 hours a day my conscious brain checks out and a different set of programs seems to run that I am generally unaware of, except when one dreams up an axe murderer chasing me causing a rapid return to consciousness.
- XorNot 5y agoWhich it's worth noting: happens in like, 20 minutes before you wake up.
- mbg721 5y agoAs another thought experiment, if someone else decides one day to start impersonating you, what is it that makes them not actually you? Their memories? Just the fact that you're still there?