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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 23:43:14 -0400
Subject: SCI. CRYONICS  correction

I ripped off and sent off my earlier post on the EI today without due care,
and on glancing over it I found defects. Sorry for the partial waste of time.

In particular, whether the EI is physically possible isn't really an
important issue. Prof. Unger's thought experiment didn't need an EI.  All he
was getting at was the question of choice, and the EI was just a convenient
way of posing a clear-cut choice.

But he is still in error about the implications of the choice, for the
reasons previously noted.

Robert Ettinger


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