Re: The consciousness singularity

2011-11-25 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 24 Nov 2011, at 23:00, Jason Resch wrote: On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 2:44 PM, benjayk > wrote: Jason Resch-2 wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:17 PM, meekerdb wrote: > >> On 11/23/2011 4:27 AM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >>> The simulation argument: >>> >>> http://www.simulation-**argume

Re: The consciousness singularity

2011-11-25 Thread benjayk
Jason Resch-2 wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 2:44 PM, benjayk > wrote: > >> >> >> Jason Resch-2 wrote: >> > >> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:17 PM, meekerdb wrote: >> > >> >> On 11/23/2011 4:27 AM, Jason Resch wrote: >> >> >> >>> The simulation argument: >> >>> >> >>> http://www.simulation-*

Re: The consciousness singularity

2011-11-25 Thread benjayk
Bruno Marchal wrote: > > So uploading is not necessarily superfluous. It is vein if the > abstract goal is "immortality", but full of sense if the goal consists > in seeing the next soccer cup and your brain is too much ill to do it > 'naturally'. But as soon as we upload ourselves, we can