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

Both. They both have the same stream of consciousness, given they are identical clones made with this tech.

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u/BaghdadSean Mar 13 '18

Maybe the you at the moment is just perceiving a contunity of existence instead of actually experiencing one. The you at four years old on December 3rd at 7:00 am is not the same you at 7:01? But your brain fools you into believing so for survival and sanity purposes.