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w0mbatina t1_j1zui85 wrote

Reply to comment by alcatrazcgp in 11 years ago Michio Kaku talked about mind upload into Machine - Big Think by keghi11

Depends on how you look at it. If you copy a file from one computer to another without altering it, is it still the same file? If you move your conciousness in the same way, why wouldnt it be the "same" just like the file is.

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polar_pilot t1_j1zzy89 wrote

When you transfer a file from your hard drive to a USB, the computer copies it onto the USB and then either keeps or deletes the original on the hard drive…. Which is what we’re talking about here. So no, it wouldn’t be the same to you- just an outside observer.

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alcatrazcgp t1_j1zwlq1 wrote

if you "Copy" a file? the definition of copy is the answer there, its not moving it, its copying it

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w0mbatina t1_j2b9ei5 wrote

Afaik the only difference between copying and moving a file is deleting the "original" afterwards.

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alcatrazcgp t1_j2b9kct wrote

right, so would you accept dying so your clone can continue living as you?

i wouldnt, id rather continue living instead, isn't that the whole fucking point of this

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