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GodzlIIa t1_jdln2j5 wrote

Reply to comment by Buggy3D in What happens if it turns out that being human is not that difficult to duplicate in a machine? What if we're just ... well ... copyable? by RamaSchneider

>The personality you have today is no longer the same as the one you had 10 years ago.

I agree 100%, and I often ask people this question:

Do you think your consciousness now is the same consciousness of your 5 year old self?

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manicdee33 t1_jdlp2gg wrote

> Do you think your consciousness now is the same consciousness of your 5 year old self?

Did you actually exist half a second ago or is your entire life just a set of memories that were implanted when the entire world was created just now?

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Thin-Limit7697 t1_jdndg44 wrote

Alternatively, did you actually exist halt a second ago, or what existed was something else which memories were merged with your current sensorial input to become "you"?

It's the same old debate of questioning if it is possible to bath in the same river twice. What is the point of expecting completely non-destructive conversion from neurons to processors when the conversion from 1 second ago neurons to current neurons actually is destructive?

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