[MURG] Re: Various Replies

[Sim Bamford]

 >You're talking about creating a simulacrum, which is NOT the 
same thing as an upload.  An uploaded mind is functionally 
equivalent to the original; anything else is not an upload, but 
is at best a simulation.<

So would you agree then that an "upload" is a simulation which is 
functionally equivalent to the original?

 >Suit yourself -- but please also keep such thoughts to 
yourself.  You may not realize how wacky that will sound to most 
people, but trust me, it does, and such sentiments could do more 
to cause mind uploading research to be delayed for decades than 
virtually anything else.<

I agree that it's important to choose carefully the words and 
ideas one expresses in order to win public support, and that's 
one of the reasons why I would suggest using the term simulation 
(or perhaps emulation) instead of upload.

Cheers
Sim