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Backups. If you can backup someone's brain (which should be doable in silicon), then even if they contract cancer, you can simply back them up for a few hundred

by robertk 14y ago

Backups. If you can backup someone's brain (which should be doable in silicon), then even if they contract cancer, you can simply back them up for a few hundred years (or however long it takes) until there's a cure.

mahyarm 14y ago
Oh I thought you meant the more literal substance, not making a software simulation reproduction.
- robertk 14y ago
  Either way. I imagine silicon hardware that we intelligently designed would be easier to backup than messy biology we hardly understand.