lemme in to TechnologyEnglish • 6 days agoThis researcher wants to replace your brain, little by little. The US government just hired a researcher who thinks we can beat aging with fresh cloned bodies and brain updates.www.technologyreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1326arrow-down1external-linkThis researcher wants to replace your brain, little by little. The US government just hired a researcher who thinks we can beat aging with fresh cloned bodies and brain updates.www.technologyreview.comlemme in to TechnologyEnglish • 6 days agomessage-square167fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-25 days agoHow would you know? How do you know you’re not a copy of yesterday’s you? If a clone has your memories and you’re not around anymore, then what’s the difference?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 days agoYou’d have to experience death for the clone to continue being the only copy.
minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 days agoYeah. In the example above the original is dead, and a clone with all of your memories up until the point of death is generated. In that case, there is continuity of concussions, at least as far as anyone can tell, least of all the clone.
minus-square@MaggotylinkEnglish3•5 days agoDon’t try to get philosophical about this. There is a hard difference between copying a brain and actually transferring consciousness.
minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-25 days ago Don’t try to get philosophical about this. Er? It’s a philosophical conversation since, you know, brain uploading is not a thing. If you don’t want to engage in philosophy, you’re in the wrong place.
How would you know?
How do you know you’re not a copy of yesterday’s you? If a clone has your memories and you’re not around anymore, then what’s the difference?
You’d have to experience death for the clone to continue being the only copy.
Yeah. In the example above the original is dead, and a clone with all of your memories up until the point of death is generated.
In that case, there is continuity of concussions, at least as far as anyone can tell, least of all the clone.
Don’t try to get philosophical about this. There is a hard difference between copying a brain and actually transferring consciousness.
Er? It’s a philosophical conversation since, you know, brain uploading is not a thing.
If you don’t want to engage in philosophy, you’re in the wrong place.
You’re mixing up speculative and philosophical.