Yes, uploading brains is going to be incredibly difficult and possibly impossible; and if any kind of upload process is sufficiently noisy or imperfect, that that surely could result in something better described as a death-and-creation than a continuation. For the purpose of the argument, I thought we were assuming a solved, accurate upload process.
When you introduce something which is irrelevant and misses the point, and then use that to dismiss an argument, yes that is a strawman.
Back to the original issue, the “upload” scenario is usually expressed in the form: (1) somehow scan the brain to sufficient resolution, and (2) create a computer simulation using that data. Even if the scan and simulation were absolutely prefect, better than quantum physics actually allows, it still would be death-and-creation under the OP’s framework.
I can’t tell from your post if you are including “slowly transition brain into electronic medium” under the category of “uploading”, but that is usually grouped under intelligence augmentation, and I don’t know any material reductionalist who thinks that would be a death-and-creation.
That’s not what strawman means. If you think what I’ve said is irrelevant or misses your point, say that.
As I said to Error, above, I’m referring to this.
Yes, uploading brains is going to be incredibly difficult and possibly impossible; and if any kind of upload process is sufficiently noisy or imperfect, that that surely could result in something better described as a death-and-creation than a continuation. For the purpose of the argument, I thought we were assuming a solved, accurate upload process.
When you introduce something which is irrelevant and misses the point, and then use that to dismiss an argument, yes that is a strawman.
Back to the original issue, the “upload” scenario is usually expressed in the form: (1) somehow scan the brain to sufficient resolution, and (2) create a computer simulation using that data. Even if the scan and simulation were absolutely prefect, better than quantum physics actually allows, it still would be death-and-creation under the OP’s framework.
I can’t tell from your post if you are including “slowly transition brain into electronic medium” under the category of “uploading”, but that is usually grouped under intelligence augmentation, and I don’t know any material reductionalist who thinks that would be a death-and-creation.