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Luke_A_Somers comments on Shawn Mikula on Brain Preservation Protocols and Extensions - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: oge 29 April 2015 02:47AM

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 29 April 2015 05:52:54PM 2 points [-]

The problem is, he just - JUST - got done saying that he's talking about the exact case where it turns out that the simulation's subject completely encompasses the source of consciousness.

If that were his objection, it wouldn't matter if it was Von Neumann or not.