[MURG] Mind Uploading and social personality

[Thomas Weber]

 --- Major <murg at audry2.com> wrote: 
> Thomas:
> > If a person who is a part of our lives and our
> social
> > personality says that he/she doesn't want to be in
> the
> > mind of some strange uploaded new kind of creature
> -
> > what should we do?
> > A. Compromise our social personality, respect that
> > person's wish and not include her in our uploaded
> > mind.
> > B. Stick tight to the idea that mind uploading is
> > strickly about 100% personality transfer and
> direspect
> > that person's wish.
> > C. Abandon the project
>
Major: 
> Suppose a technology was available to allow
> (biological) you to
> completely forget everything you ever knew about a
> person.
> Suppose further that your ex-girlfriend demanded
> that you take this
> treatment in order that you forget her. Would you
> feel any obligation
> to do so? I would not.
> 
> My memories of my ex are part of ME, not part of her
> and I feel no
> obligation whatever to act on her wishes with
> respect to those
> memories.
> 
> Mind uploading in no way changes this situation, the
> answer to your
> question is "B".
> 
> Major
>


Thomas:
Thank you for your response. I have been processing
this dilemma for over a week. I am kind of undecided,
but I can perfectly see your point. I agree with you:
The memories of others stored in our minds are our
property, not theirs. I still wouldn't mind forgetting
some people I have met.



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