(May 18, 2016 at 8:43 am)Irrational Wrote:(May 18, 2016 at 8:30 am)KUSA Wrote: What if scientists could make a younger version of you in a machine and give it all of your memories? Would you let them kill you and let the newer better version live on in your place?
No, I wouldn't.
This is somewhat similar to robvalue's VR thread, and thus my answer would also be similar. I would not because I am attached to the me that is currently typing this post, not to that other version of me who I would see as a separate entity from me.
But you are ok with the current you being replaced one atom at a time? The entity that typed this will be entirely replaced in a few years with a flawed copy that thinks it you.
