Nornagest comments on "Ray Kurzweil and Uploading: Just Say No!", Nick Agar - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nornagest 03 December 2011 06:09:19PM 1 point [-]

Yeah, I was assuming a destructive upload for simplicity's sake. Processes similar to the one you outline don't generate an obvious discontinuity, so I imagine they'd seem less intuitively scary; still, a strong Searlean viewpoint probably wouldn't accept them.