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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 19:17:52 EDT
Subject: Comment for Keith

I had written:
 
>> First, a simulation (static or dynamic) is just a coded set  of
>> data which can be interpreted to describe relevant  aspects
>> of the original. Instead of a succession of computer  states
>> we could have pages in a book containing these data.  Those
>> who rely on isomorphism in space should also allow for  it
>> in time

Keith then wrote in part:

>A static simulation is not a useful simulation.  You could  make a case
>that the suspended are a static simulation.

My point, or one of them, was that a dynamic simulation is really
just a sequence of static simulations, and if a succession  of
computer states can be a living person, then it is just as reasonable
to say that the pages in a book (say one page corresponding
to each computer state) could be a living person.
 
Robert Ettinger


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