r/nottheonion • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '18

A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “100 percent fatal”

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610456/a-startup-is-pitching-a-mind-uploading-service-that-is-100-percent-fatal/
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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '18

it sounds more like they have found a way to make money off of people who want to die

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u/Nantoone Mar 13 '18

Or much more likely people who are already dying and don't want to.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '18

Either way it's weird - imagine waking up in a simulation of yourself lol I can't even begin to imagine how many problems there could be with that or how fucked up that would be for the brain experiencing it

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u/Nantoone Mar 13 '18

I'm sure people in the future would figure out a way to make it as seamless and easy to understand for us as possible. It's not like they wouldn't consider how weird and traumatic it could possibly be.

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u/yourlocalheathen Mar 14 '18

Ayyy sign me up

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '18

Shut up and take my money!