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Hal Finney writes:
>The term "upload" doesn't really seem appropriate here.  I think of
>that as referring to a person who is living in a computer-simulated
>virtual reality.

A few years ago, "upload" meant any moving of our software to new
better hardware.  Recently, most writers have assumed that everyone
would want virtual reality, hence the association.  But in questioning
that assumption, I think it reasonable to use upload in the previous
sense.

>But gravity would seem lower, by a factor of 16 ...
>Living in a 1/16 g field may not be normal enough for some people.
>They could slow their minds down by another factor of 16.  (They would
>still be 16 times faster than normal people.)  Things would then fall
>at a normal rate.  But inertia would now be screwed up.
>What they need to do is to also weaken
>themselves by a factor of 16 - make their muscles 16 times less
>strong.  Now, inertia is right, gravity is right, and they can lift
>just the right amount.

But now all the materials around them are way stronger, so they'd
weaken them too, etc.  I doubt most folks would want this much
realism, living on the moon might be fine - but having real bodies
might be a must for many folks.

Robin Hanson