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mahyarm
on Nov 30, 2012
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Human Evolution Enters an Exciting New Phase
How would silicon avoid something like cancer? Why would that make any difference?
robertk
on Nov 30, 2012
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Backups. If you can backup someone's brain (which should be doable in silicon), then even if they contract cancer, you can simply back them up for a few hundred years (or however long it takes) until there's a cure.
mahyarm
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Oh I thought you meant the more literal substance, not making a software simulation reproduction.
robertk
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Either way. I imagine silicon hardware that we intelligently designed would be easier to backup than messy biology we hardly understand.
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