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You could potentially make a thing that acts like you, that's it. The only reason our existence is tolerable is that we agree with the guy that when he goes to
by peteradio 4y ago
You could potentially make a thing that acts like you, that's it. The only reason our existence is tolerable is that we agree with the guy that when he goes to bed he is dead and I take over in the morning and I make the same deal tomorrow.
- nickff 4y agoI quite like that phrasing (in your second sentence); did you come up with it yourself, or did you catch it somewhere?
- peteradio 4y agoI think I've read it somewhere but I never keep track of citations. Might have been Michael Keaton in that movie, moral of the story, if you copy yourself then your copy is gonna bang your wife.
- walterbell 4y agoA sub-plot of Travelers on Netflix, created by Brad Wright, creator of Stargate SG-1.
- awayto 4y agoI enjoyed this article posted here recently about the topic. Author goes into some interesting thought experiments on the topic of always waking as a brand new person. https://www.naturalism.org/philosophy/death/death-nothingness-and-subjectivity https://www.naturalism.org/philosophy/death/death-nothingnes... Previous thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32049237 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32049237
- maroonblazer 4y agoWhat, or where, is the "I" in this deal?
- stubish 4y agoSalami tactics (Yes Minister) would work around this. Replace and extend your brain and nervous system small parts at a time. Until one day you are entirely hardware, and thus your consciousness entirely software. Continuity of consciousness remains uninterrupted.