[rescue] Sun Sparcstation 20 hard disks

[Steve Sandau]

Mouse wrote:
>> See, that's the thing.  BACKWARD continuity is easy.  It's relatively
>> easy for the hardware-housed me-consciousness instance to wake up
>> with all the memories and experiences of the wetware me-consciousness
>> instance.
> 
>> What's hard is forward continuity - for the me-consciousness instance
>> that is present in the wetware to go to sleep and wake up in the
>> hardware.
> 
> What's the difference?
> 
> That's a serious question.  I'm not convinced there actually is any
> difference between those two.
> 
> It amounts to defining exactly what "the me-consciousness instance" is;
> you seem to have some meaning for it for which there actually is a
> distinction there, whereas I'm not sure there is such a thing.  It
> seems at least plausible (though definitely not certain) to me that the
> consciousness instance *is* the continuity of memory and experience.

The difference is whether or not *I* wake up in my copy. When I (as the 
original to be copied or moved) "go to sleep" do I wake up in the copy 
or does something that jut contains my memories wake up? The question is 
  whether my consciousness is transferred or not.

Steve