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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:39:55 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Henson reply

Replying to Keith Henson's message below:
My point was that an attempted emulation must fail because 
we don't know enough abut the laws of physics to construct a 
realistic algorithm. If you work backwards, 
using an alleged emulation to build a bio brain,
the result would also be unrealistic.
 
Bob
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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:28:47 -0700

Subject: Re: Emulation? [Ettinger]

From: Keith Henson <_ 
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:00 AM, _ 
(mailto:)  wrote:



snip



> This does not address the question of whether the attempted emulation 
would

>  be alive or conscious. It might conceivably be something useful, but it

> wouldn't be an emulation. If you are the original, the"emulation" 
wouldn't be

>  you.



Bob, perhaps I missed it, but I have not seen any reply from you on

the concept of a completely reversible uploading process.



I can't see any reason it should be more difficult to transfer one

direction than the other.



So you could upload and while in the uploaded state store experience

in your inactive/cold biological brain.



The uploaded brain could warm up the biological brain and seamlessly

transfer function till it was all back in the biological brain.



Comments?



Keith

    









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