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This researcher wants to replace your brain, little by little. The US government just hired a researcher who thinks we can beat aging with fresh cloned bodies and brain updates. (www.technologyreview.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm that case no it wouldn't matter. It would make us all feel much better about the possibility of life after the body dies though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What if a copy of you woke up in the morning? So you could see your dead body from yesterday, but consciousness would seem as continuous to you as normal--you went to sleep yesterday and effectively woke up today, just in a different body? Would it bother you knowing you weren't technically the same you as yesterday, even if it seemed like it to you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Probably because I'd never want to sleep again. That would be a horrific way to find out you only have as long as you can stay awake.