Zack_M_Davis comments on That Magical Click - Less Wrong

58 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 January 2010 04:35PM

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Comment author: Blueberry 21 January 2010 05:03:01PM 6 points [-]

It seems unlikely that people would be revived in those scenarios, especially in 1 and 2. As for 3, biological evolution takes a long long time, and even then it's likely the future humans would provide a decent environment for us if they revive us. Unlike apes, we and future humans will both be capable to communicate and engage in abstract thought, so I don't think that analogy works.

Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 23 January 2010 08:12:31AM 3 points [-]

biological evolution takes a long long time,

Upload evolution could be very fast (due to clock speedup, fast copying, ability to test and revert mutations, &c.).