I like how he goes from:
Uploading … is not obviously impossible unless you are a crude mind/body dualist.
to:
But even if mind uploading is possible
To be sure, it continues as an “if … and …”, but way to suggest two arguments where you’ve made just one.
Grammatically, what he’s saying is “but that in-principle possibility aside...”
I like how he goes from:
to:
To be sure, it continues as an “if … and …”, but way to suggest two arguments where you’ve made just one.
Grammatically, what he’s saying is “but that in-principle possibility aside...”