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Comment author: ChristianKl 08 November 2013 04:05:18PM *  0 points [-]

What do you think about the moral status of torturing an uploaded human mind that's in silicon?

Does that mind have a different moral status than one in a brain?

Comment author: TheOtherDave 08 November 2013 04:10:45PM 2 points [-]

Certainly not by virtue of being implemented in silicon, no. Why do you ask?

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