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Comment author: Morendil 23 June 2010 03:35:16PM *  2 points [-]

This post is in dire need of a reference to Hofstadter's I am a Strange Loop.

Also maybe Halperin's The First Immortal which explicitly considers the possibility raised here.

Also maybe Lion Kimbro.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 23 June 2010 07:29:05PM 1 point [-]

And in Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space universe there are two major types of simulations of people, the alphas are a very accurate model from a fast, destructive scan of the brain, while the betas are essentially this.