Actually, I’m worried he’s having some kind of breakdown.
No you’re not, you’re not worried about that at all
Yes I am worried about that. I don’t remember exactly who was on what side in the Upload Wars, but you certainly weren’t the only one lined up for—not just destructive teleportation—but destructive uploading as a computer program.
Greg Egan thinks that if you die and get restored from a backup a day ago, you’re just losing a day’s memories. Even I’m not sure I’d go that far.
Derek Parfit (in the famous mainstream philosophical classic Reasons and Persons) goes farther than either of us by considering the case of incrementally removing and adding memories.
You’re not alone. You were part of a small army of transhumanist reductionist philosophers including a majority of the big names. You were quite well aware of that at the time. Your current stance of lone heroic defiance honestly seems to me to go over the edge of insanity.
Yes I am worried about that. I don’t remember exactly who was on what side in the Upload Wars, but you certainly weren’t the only one lined up for—not just destructive teleportation—but destructive uploading as a computer program.
Greg Egan thinks that if you die and get restored from a backup a day ago, you’re just losing a day’s memories. Even I’m not sure I’d go that far.
Derek Parfit (in the famous mainstream philosophical classic Reasons and Persons) goes farther than either of us by considering the case of incrementally removing and adding memories.
You’re not alone. You were part of a small army of transhumanist reductionist philosophers including a majority of the big names. You were quite well aware of that at the time. Your current stance of lone heroic defiance honestly seems to me to go over the edge of insanity.