Mark_Friedenbach comments on I Will Pay $500 To Anyone Who Can Convince Me To Cancel My Cryonics Subscription - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 12 January 2014 07:08:12AM 1 point [-]

Cryonics does not necessarily imply uploading. It is possible that using atomically precise medical technology we could revive and rebuild the brain and body in-situ, thereby retaining continuity.

Comment author: byrnema 12 January 2014 08:12:05AM *  0 points [-]

I meant a physical copy.

Would it make a difference, to you, if they rebuilt you in-situ, rather than adjacent?

But I just noticed this set of sentences, so I was incorrect to assume common ideas about identity:

In particular, I find questions about personal identity and consciousness of uploads made from preserved brains confusing,

Comment author: [deleted] 12 January 2014 08:19:05AM 0 points [-]

I know. I was pointing out that your thought experiment might not actually apply to the topic of cryonics.