Great piece showing the fallacy of "brain uploading" ideas:
Neuroscientist Says Brain Uploads Are Bunk http://www.technologyreview.com/view/541311/the-false-science-of-cryonics/ … >@TechReview
@edfrenkel There are no essences. The particles that comprise a whirlpool can be captured, and a new whirlpool can be created.
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@Plinz So, you are a Cartesianist? "Once we know positions and velocities of all particles, we will know everything?" So 19th century... -
@edfrenkel Not at all. But neurons do not seem to be able to harness quantum computing.
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