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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Re: Souls
Message-ID: <654@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 20:18:43 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 13 20:18:43 1985
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In article <1665@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) writes:
>> The key point was that the memories and attitudes be the same.  If this
>> is the case, it is not CLEAR that it is not the same person. [ADAMS]
>
>If you alter the person, the "memories and attitudes" of necessity will
>change.
>If you "restore" from a "backup" (oh, god, what a horrible analogy) taken
>before the onset of disease or death, then those experiences will not be
>incorporated in the restored brain.

One can restore the memories and attitudes as of the moment of death.  One
cannot restore the body as of the moment of death, because it would then be
dead.  This does not apply to the memories and attitudes.