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re: How do y’all feel about digital immortality?
Posted on 4/1/24 at 5:53 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Posted on 4/1/24 at 5:53 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
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even if the technology isn’t there for it to get inserted into some physical avatar at first, most people would still sign-on to simply be stored on a jump drive for as long as they’d like.
Then most people wouldn’t be thinking this through.
What if, by some mistake or accident (or not), you end up conscious and aware while you’re on that damned thing? What would you experience for 500 years on some hard drive? Would it be like being inside of a box?
You wouldn’t even be able to take your own life in that scenario because you’re technically not even alive. You’re just there, in the dark, not feeling anything, just aware. For centuries.
Nah fam. Just let me go when my body is done.
This post was edited on 4/1/24 at 5:55 pm
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Posted on 4/1/24 at 6:21 pm to Dadren
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What would you experience for 500 years on some hard drive? Would it be like being inside of a box?
If your body/organs perished early than expected here on earth, there’s plenty that would still want to see what their grandchildren end up looking like.
Maybe your first born grandson ends up being a stud pitcher in baseball, you’d want to track his progress to the pros.
You could still watch games, “attend birthday parties, be there for Christmas, see who wins the next election, etc etc
Posted on 4/1/24 at 7:16 pm to Dadren
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You’re just there, in the dark, not feeling anything, just aware.
Oh... Like my first marriage.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 7:32 pm to Dadren
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Would it be like being inside of a box?
Usually warm and slippery.
Posted on 4/1/24 at 9:06 pm to Dadren
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What if, by some mistake or accident (or not), you end up conscious and aware while you’re on that damned thing? What would you experience for 500 years on some hard drive? Would it be like being inside of a box?
You wouldn’t even be able to take your own life in that scenario because you’re technically not even alive. You’re just there, in the dark, not feeling anything, just aware. For centuries.
The thing is… realistically, it’s not you. It’s a copy of you.
I don’t know if that changes anything but it’s a key detail IMO. Unless science one day finds the physical embodiment of a soul and figures out how to shove it into a hard drive (after plucking it out of your body), it’s a copy.
The interesting thing is that, in a world where we had the technology to actually upload a copy of your consciousness, the copy would certainly think he was you. But the real you standing next to the hard drive would certainly disagree.
So the question becomes: what are the moral/ethical implications of uploading a copy of your self. Do you really feel that sad or scared of what might happen to it, any more than you would feel sad or scared of what might happen to anyone else?
I suspect that at that point it becomes more about ego/legacy for many people than actually trying to extend their own lives.
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