On 9/11/06, Shane Legg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (...)
I'm no longer the child who used to play with the kids across the road in New Zealand in the late 1970's. I have some memories of being that person, but that's it. I don't see this as fundamentally different, especially if it is allowed to happen over time.
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I am afraid that we would have to extend the analogy a bit further in the case of entities such as FutureBen, described in Ben's essay. FutureBen would be to current Ben like your current self is to your former embryo-self. That raises another question. FutureBen may have all memories of CurrentBen stored somewhere in his (its?) system, but once he decides to access that system, will he even comprehend them? Maybe I have memories from when I was as a foetus or something, but I don't think that I would either recognize or understand those memories... ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
