How to Turn Me On

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There is something about the concept of uploading a human mind that provokes a kind of denial. Even very irreligious commentators sometimes react to the idea with what I see as a manifestation of Cartesian dualism. The following is my effort to put the case that this reaction is misguided.

To begin with, I need to get a couple of terms nailed down. The first is dualism, used above. Here is the philosophical definition given by the…