Chapter 42: Suicide Management Committee

All the virtual personalities say together: "There is no doubt. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

So Yang Hai continued: "Then let's use these four rules as a trial plan for neural uploading, and discuss the impact that neural upload will have on human civilization." Someone just said that there is a problem, that is, a person has two consciousnesses through the nerve upload will bring great inconvenience to his relatives, let's call the uploaded consciousness the second consciousness, the body consciousness is called the first consciousness, I think this is actually a psychological disorder, and the key to this psychological disorder is that the two consciousnesses have the same identity. ”

Virtual Personality No. 8: "It makes sense, then we just need to arrange a new identity for the second consciousness, can't we avoid this psychological disorder?" ”

Virtual Personality No. 2 retorted: "But with that person's identity is tied to his original relatives and friends, such an arrangement is inevitably Tai Chi unfair to the second consciousness, why should the second consciousness give up the original identity and live with a new identity, why should the second consciousness lose the opportunity to get along with the original relatives and friends and become a loner?" ”

Avatar No. 3 also said: "The first of the four rules of the trial program requires the uploader to pass a rigorous psychological test so that he can peacefully accept the existence of the second consciousness and make him believe that this consciousness is who he is, and that he can obtain eternal life in this way." If we really assign a new identity to the second consciousness, doesn't that mean that we have to pay the price of abandoning all relatives and friends for the sake of eternal life? Even the first consciousness would not agree to it. ”

Yang Hai suddenly said seriously: "Considering that the uploader has passed the psychological test, the key question now is not whether the second consciousness should be given a new identity, but how to deal with or treat the uploader's suicide!" ”

"Suicide problem?" Several virtual personalities wondered.

Yang Haidao: "That's right, passing the psychological test not only means that he will not have psychological disorders because of the existence of the second consciousness, but also means that he firmly believes that even if he dies physically, as long as the second consciousness is still there, it is not real death, so there is no psychological barrier to suicide for them!" In addition, physical suicide can completely solve all the problems caused by two consciousnesses having the same identity. ”

Avatar Nine: "But that's suicide after all!" Are we going to watch it? ”

Yang Haidao: "Don't think it's incredible, in the past, the reason why suicide was an immoral act was because for the suicide person, everything is empty after death, and all the troubles are gone, but his relatives will suffer for a long time." But now, even if the uploader's first consciousness chooses suicide, and there is a second consciousness to inherit his identity, although it is a little strange for his relatives that he has changed from a living person to a consciousness in a computer, there is no doubt that this is him, in fact, this kind of suicide is equivalent to using the substitution method for neural uploading, but the object of avoiding psychological disorders has changed from himself to his relatives. So suicide is no longer an immoral act at this time. On the contrary, suicide can effectively avoid the ethical problems caused by the same identity of two consciousnesses, which is a good outcome for him and his relatives, so suicide is a moral act at this time. I believe that once the trial program is rolled out, there will be no shortage of people who choose to commit suicide! ”

Avatar Nine hesitated, "Do you mean...... Should we encourage suicide? ”

Yang Haidao: "It's not that suicide is encouraged, but considering that people are trying to commit suicide on their own, there may even be an impact on the existing society if they commit suicide in groups." I think we should set up a legitimate 'suicide management committee' to help uploaders commit suicide! ”

- Suicide Management Committee!

Yang Hai's words were amazing.

Everyone was shocked by Yang Hai's crazy proposal.

"How is that possible!" Virtual Personality One exclaimed. This is also the subconscious thinking of all people.

Avatar Nine: "Are we really going to set up a suicide committee, it's terrible!" ”

Avatar Ten: "But when you think about it, it seems to make sense. Comparatively, I still think the scenario without a suicide management committee is more terrifying. ”

Yang Haidao: "Yes, you think it's terrible because you think it's a terrible thing for so many people to die, but think about it from another angle, they are not really dead, their second consciousness has gained immortality, and suicide is just a way to solve the problem." If you look at the two consciousnesses as a whole, it is similar to a person in the past who surgically removed the kidneys in his body, but this time he removed his entire body. ”

Avatar Ten: "I agree with your proposal, I think such a suicide committee is necessary. ”

Avatar Nine: "Isn't there a more peaceful way?" For example, the uploader can give up his identity and let the second consciousness inherit it. ”

Avatar Eight: "That's right, I think we can add a rule of identity inheritance to the four rules, so that the first consciousness can somehow transfer everything about itself to the second consciousness. ”

Yang Haidao: "Your idea of inheritance is good, but there is still an unreasonable place, if the second consciousness inherits the identity of the first consciousness, doesn't it mean that the first consciousness has lost its identity and become a loner?" ”

Avatar No. 9: "So I think this inheritance must meet one of the following two conditions: one, the death of the first consciousness; Second, the first consciousness voluntarily renounces identity. ”

Yang Haidao: "You think about this question too simply, why would the first consciousness voluntarily give up your identity?" If this happens, does it mean that he is facing someone or something that he is not willing to face? For example, relationship problems, and maybe even a crime that has been committed. The first consciousness throws all the problems at the second consciousness, and then he is relaxed, but this is undoubtedly unfair to the second consciousness. What if the second consciousness is unwilling to inherit the identity of the first consciousness? ”

Avatar No. 9: "Then add one more thing, this inheritance can only be established if the second consciousness is voluntary." ”

Yang Haidao: "So if the first consciousness dies, and the second consciousness is unwilling to inherit the identity, what should I do at this time?" ”

Avatar No. 9: "Then think that the person's original identity has died, and the second consciousness will live with a new identity." ”

Yang Haidao: "In this way, the problem is even greater, if a person commits a crime or faces a person or thing that he is unwilling to face as I said before, and then he directly chooses to commit suicide after being uploaded by consciousness, and then the second consciousness is unwilling to inherit the identity, doesn't it mean that he completely abandons his past identity and lives with a new identity?" You must know that two consciousnesses are essentially the same, and it is normal to have such thoughts. But this is undoubtedly unfair to both the person's relatives and the person who is hurting! ”