I've never understood why my posthuman self would be interested in running a simulation of me ver. 1.0, but perhaps it would be a nostalgia thing. Or a tribute. Hard to say, since I'm either the simulation and am not programmed with the ability to understand this, or I'm not and had too much sugar this morning to think clearly.

What's remarkable about this paper is that it's serious. Those of us who have wasted large portions of our mental lives tooling around in other people's SF (and even those of us who have written some) are twiddling our thumbs compared to guys like Bostrom, which is probably why he seems somewhat off. But then, the whole extropian/posthuman meme is a bit much for me. I like flesh too much. Although I could use a few upgrades.