Transferring experiments

Transferring structure and functioning experiments are experiments where the structure and functioning in a conscious body b1 is transferred to that of conscious body b2. This actually means just changing the structure and functioning of body b2 to be identical with the structure and functioning of body b1 for a moment to a longer period of time.

1. The ixperiencitness of b1 does not change because the structure and functioning of b1, by design of the experiment, continues as if no other body like b2 if effected.
2. Since the structure and functioning of b2 is either continuing to be identical to b1 or diverging from an identical structure and functioning state (from an awarepoint on b1's awarepath) there will likely be some behaviors that indicate identity of consciousness.

Transferring matter experiments transfers the matter from one conscious body b1 to another conscious body b2 while maintaining the structure and functioning of body b2. Without being able to do the actual experiment at the present time what can we actually deduce about the results of this experiment? There are four major possibilities as results of the experiment. They are:

1. Maintaining the structure and functioning in body b2 as it is in body b1 maintains the same ixperiencitness in spite of being made of different matter.
2. The matter being transferred between bodies caries the self (ixperiencitness) from body b1 to body b2.
3. The matter caries some of the ixperiencitness from body b1 and the structure and functioning of body b2 produces some of the original's ixperiencitness thus producing a combination of both b1 and b2 ixperiencitness.
4. The resulting body because of the combination of matter from one body and the structure and functioning of a different body produces a condition where no ixperiencitness produced by the body.

Supporting evidence for result possibility #1 is that b2 has the behaviors of b1 The science of superimmortality predicts that result #2 will be the result. This is because the structure and functioning produces behavior. Behavior gives us information about the self I.e., the consciousness and ixperiencitness produced by a body. Because we cannot actually do the experiment how do we know what will be the resulting behavior of body 2?

For result possibility #2 to be true we have the problem that body b2 has all of the behaviors of b1 and none of the behaviors that b2 should have had such as self identity, abilities, skills, etc. How can we produce evidence for this result when there is no known physical mechanism for matter to retain personality without it maintaining the proper structures and functionings?

If b1 and b2 have the same structure and functioning or very closely alike structure and functioning they will have the same identical behavior

Result possibility #4 Has the problem that b2 acts like it is conscious and can be asked subjective questions about its consciousness and ixperiencitness.

In this first transferring matter experiment all of the matter in one conscious human body (b1) is transferred instantly to another place into another human body (b2) with a different structure and functioning and the matter in body (b2) is transferred instantly back to the original (B1) body. The first body has the same Does the matter in body b1 effect the behavior consciousness and ixperiencitness that is produced by body b2 or does the behavior

Transferring of matter experiments show that the matter itself does not carry the self through space and time. Structure and functioning of the matter not the matter itself is what produces the behavior, consciousness and ixperiencitness.

Types of transferring of matter experiments: changes in the speed of replacement of matter, changes in amount of matter replaced, changes in distance between bodies, changes in time between removal and replacement.

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Others, such as Daniel Dennett, have argued that this would not be a problem. Since you are reducible to the processes and content of your brain, a functionally identical copy of it – no matter the substrate on which it runs – could not possibly yield anything other than you.