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robertk
on Nov 30, 2012
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Human Evolution Enters an Exciting New Phase
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
on Nov 30, 2012
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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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