[MURG] fixing defects (was off-topic posts)

[Ed Minchau]

Sorry it has taken so long to reply to this.

--- digfarenough <digfarenough at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> 
> --- Ed Minchau <spider_boris at yahoo.com> wrote:


> > Suppose for a moment that John Nash was uploaded,
> > and
> > his schizophrenia removed... would he still be the
> > same person?  Would he still grasp mathematics in
> > the
> > same way?
> >
> 
> Likely not, but he might still choose to have it
> removed anyhow. Before I was put on antidepressants,
> I
> long debated whether or not I should take a drug to
> change who I am. I've also considered the
> possibility
> of having my depression permanently cured after
> being
> uploaded.
> Perhaps the question we should ask isn't "Would he
> still be the same person?" but "Which person would
> he
> prefer to be?"
> Of course, I can't answer for him as I'm not even
> sure
> of my own answer. :)
>  -Eric
> 

Well, I think that whether or not the uploaded mind is
still the same person or not is probably the key
philosophical question behind uploading.  After all,
if the uploaded mind is NOT the same person, then why
bother at all?

Ed

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