Find it very weird that lots of LessWrongers turn curiously essentialist re personal identity when talking about cryonics.
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@KevinSimler Seems to me if you fully embrace a reductionist view of personal identity, cryonics ceases to be anywhere near as important.
@notabraininavat what's a reductionist view of personal identity? (I'm not familiar with the standard LW positions here.)
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@KevinSimler Ah, so basically there's nothing over & above some sort of mental connections & continuity that makes you the same person. -
@KevinSimler But we seem to change these traits oft over the course a normal life, so biological death shouldn't be this extra scary event. - 11 more replies
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