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clevergrrrl

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5. That's the big debate among the transhumanists

Reply to Intractable (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 05:15 PM

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If you "download your soul into a computer" is that really you or a copy of you and how would you even know the difference? I think the current crop of Billionaire immortalists have asked that question and just don't care as long as something or some semblance of their consciousness survives.

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