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If a human had been uploaded with a computer program, how could one test his brain to prove it, and determine who the originator of that program was?
Question Date: 2011-05-11
Answer 1:

"Uploading" a human via a computer program is so beyond our current level of technology (even our understanding of biology) that there is just about nothing that could be said about how it would work or what you could do with it. It may well be just plain impossible to "upload" a human onto a computer (the laws of physics may make it impossible for a computer to simulate a human completely and accurately).



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