I'm (mostly) not my genes. Remember I don't see a big difference between flesh-me and brain-emulation-me. These two entities share no DNA molecules. But sure I probably do somewhat imperfectly, by proxy, weight genes in themselves, kin selection and all that has probably made sure of it.

Right, sorry. The genes tack was in error, I should've read more closely.

I think I've understood the problem a bit better, and I'm trying to explain where I think we differ in reply to the "taboo" comment.