Anti-aging stem cell treatment proves successful in early human trials

Re:Anti-aging stem cell treatment proves successful in early... by knodi123 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @11:39AM (#15551005)

Mind backups do nothing for me. Imagine if your airplane ran out of fuel over the ocean. You're going to crash and die, so you get on the radio, and air traffic control says "don't worry, your estate already restored a backup of your mind into a cloned body. just go ahead and plow into the water at full speed, the new you is already awake and seems happy and comfortable."

Would you think "whew, I really dodged a bullet there", or would you think "fuck that clone, I don't want to die!" ?

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Re:Anti-aging stem cell treatment proves successful in early... by Danihan on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:11PM (#15551375)

The former.

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Re:Anti-aging stem cell treatment proves successful in early... by alien_at_work on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:44PM (#15551682)

I can't grasp this view point. A clone with a "mind upload" is more like a twin. You'll still die and will not exist anymore to see what you're clone/twin does.

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Re:Anti-aging stem cell treatment proves successful in early... by knodi123 on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:29AM (#15556578)

wow. so you're perfectly at peace with death if someone convincingly tells you that your family won't be able to tell the difference between the old you and your clone?

That whole mindset is utterly alien to me. I guess it all comes down to how you feel about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_identity

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Re:Anti-aging stem cell treatment proves successful in early... by Danihan on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:42PM (#15561215)

Not if someone "convincingly tells me," but if I've seen convincing evidence that demonstrates the backup is essentially identical, sure.

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