← Back to context Comment by mrob 11 days ago There is no symmetry. The original existed when the clone did not exist. 7 comments mrob Reply ben_w 11 days ago Irrelevant.The argument itself is symmetric, it applies just as well to your own continued existence as a human. mrob 11 days ago Only if you deny the reality of consciousness being tied to a physical substrate. ben_w 11 days ago Incorrect.To deny that is to assert that consciousness is non-physical, i.e. a soul exists; the case in which a soul exists, brain uploads don't get them and don't get to be moral subjects. 4 replies →
ben_w 11 days ago Irrelevant.The argument itself is symmetric, it applies just as well to your own continued existence as a human. mrob 11 days ago Only if you deny the reality of consciousness being tied to a physical substrate. ben_w 11 days ago Incorrect.To deny that is to assert that consciousness is non-physical, i.e. a soul exists; the case in which a soul exists, brain uploads don't get them and don't get to be moral subjects. 4 replies →
mrob 11 days ago Only if you deny the reality of consciousness being tied to a physical substrate. ben_w 11 days ago Incorrect.To deny that is to assert that consciousness is non-physical, i.e. a soul exists; the case in which a soul exists, brain uploads don't get them and don't get to be moral subjects. 4 replies →
ben_w 11 days ago Incorrect.To deny that is to assert that consciousness is non-physical, i.e. a soul exists; the case in which a soul exists, brain uploads don't get them and don't get to be moral subjects. 4 replies →
Irrelevant.
The argument itself is symmetric, it applies just as well to your own continued existence as a human.
Only if you deny the reality of consciousness being tied to a physical substrate.
Incorrect.
To deny that is to assert that consciousness is non-physical, i.e. a soul exists; the case in which a soul exists, brain uploads don't get them and don't get to be moral subjects.
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