Survey Results

Mind uploading (brain replaced by digital emulation): death or survival?

Population

AOS

Region

for

Exclude answers beyond respondent's first 50

Include skip/insufficiently familiar answers

1016 respondents

What the percentages mean: "Accept or lean toward P: 50% (40%)" means that 50% of respondents endorsed this answer inclusively (including multiple-answer endorsements) and 40% endorsed this answer exclusively (excluding multiple-answer endorsements).

These results should not be used for comparison to 2009 results due to different populations and parameters. For meaningful longitudinal comparisons, see the longitudinal analysis section.

Collapse accept and lean towards

Accept or lean towards:
survival

27.46% (27.17%)

Reject or lean against:
survival

0.10% (0.00%)

Accept or lean towards:
death

54.23% (54.04%)

Reject or lean against:
death

0.10% (0.00%)

Accept a combination of views

0.39%

Accept an alternative view

1.38%

The question is too unclear to answer

4.53%

There is no fact of the matter

4.33%

Agnostic/undecided

8.07%

Other

0.10%

N = 1016, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (99 respondents)

Alternative Views

24 target respondents indicated that they accept or lean toward an alternative view. The words used in their responses cluster as follows. These results are not filtered by AOS, region, etc.

DEPE (4): depends (4)
SELF (4): self (3) self-conceive (1)
IMPO (4): impossible (4)
POSS (3): possible (2) possibility (1)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.65	Teletransporter: survival
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	207	50
Reject	114	435

n: 806

p < 0.0001

r: 0.45	Other minds: future AI systems
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	159	73
Reject	160	376

n: 768

p < 0.0001

r: 0.36	Personal identity: psychological view
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	175	59
Reject	200	299

n: 733

p < 0.0001

r: -0.31	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	135
Reject	211	203

n: 595

p < 0.0001

r: 0.3	Chinese room: understands
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	75	147
Reject	70	421

n: 713

p < 0.0001

r: 0.3	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	138	70
Reject	185	287

n: 680

p < 0.0001

r: -0.29	Personal identity: biological view
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	210
Reject	166	333

n: 733

p < 0.0001

r: 0.28	Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	42	87
Reject	41	227

n: 397

p < 0.0001

r: 0.28	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	200	29
Reject	319	169

n: 717

p < 0.0001

r: 0.27	Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	53	125
Reject	41	368

n: 587

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	Abortion: permissible
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	226	13
Reject	415	123

n: 777

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	God: theism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	234
Reject	167	417

n: 847

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	167
Reject	108	303

n: 588

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Practical reason: Humean
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	82	100
Reject	113	301

n: 596

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Free will: libertarianism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	239
Reject	161	432

n: 854

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Footbridge: push
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	94	163
Reject	112	445

n: 814

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Material composition: restrictivism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	79
Reject	139	151

n: 403

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Mind: physicalism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	191	72
Reject	268	286

n: 817

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Other minds: current AI systems
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	221
Reject	16	520

n: 768

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Temporal ontology: eternalism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	87	67
Reject	149	219

n: 522

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Temporal ontology: presentism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	132
Reject	88	281

n: 522

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Meaning of life: objective
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	167
Reject	239	268

n: 735

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Time: A-theory
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	129
Reject	148	262

n: 574

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	115	132
Reject	173	375

n: 795

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	160	69
Reject	251	242

n: 722

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	98
Reject	139	287

n: 617

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Perceptual experience: representationalism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	112	75
Reject	191	249

n: 627

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Free will: compatibilism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	197	65
Reject	340	255

n: 857

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Material composition: universalism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	57
Reject	78	212

n: 403

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Experience machine: yes
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	199
Reject	55	510

n: 823

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Laws of nature: Humean
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	96	143
Reject	136	408

n: 783

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Units of selection: genes
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	90	56
Reject	137	163

n: 446

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Consciousness: functionalism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	112	113
Reject	144	318

n: 687

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Law: legal positivism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	62	61
Reject	109	207

n: 439

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Possible worlds: concrete
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	203
Reject	18	491

n: 736

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	164
Reject	248	301

n: 796

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Well-being: objective list
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	99	91
Reject	295	154

n: 639

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Extended mind: yes
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	137	85
Reject	224	238

n: 684

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Causation: primitive
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	157
Reject	118	304

n: 611

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Consciousness: dualism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	186
Reject	148	314

n: 685

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Morality: non-naturalism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	171
Reject	174	326

n: 712

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Gender: biological
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	177
Reject	200	315

n: 751

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Aesthetic value: objective
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	95	147
Reject	318	229

n: 789

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	103	162
Reject	182	409

n: 856

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Political philosophy: communitarianism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	170
Reject	168	307

n: 691

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	161	99
Reject	425	162

n: 847

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	138
Reject	60	282

n: 490

p: 0.0011

r: 0.14	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	132	86
Reject	224	252

n: 694

p: 0.0002

r: -0.14	Personal identity: further-fact view
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	33	201
Reject	109	384

n: 727

p: 0.0002

r: -0.13	Hume: skeptic
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	58	125
Reject	183	232

n: 598

p: 0.001

r: 0.13	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	163
Reject	92	409

n: 730

p: 0.0003

r: -0.13	Belief or credence: belief
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	43	125
Reject	136	234

n: 538

p: 0.0021

r: -0.13	Properties: immanent universals
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	123
Reject	102	283

n: 534

p: 0.0022

r: 0.13	Morality: expressivism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	185
Reject	55	450

n: 717

p: 0.0004

r: 0.13	Propositions: sets
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	136
Reject	30	354

n: 546

p: 0.003

r: -0.13	Quantum mechanics: collapse
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	111
Reject	55	213

n: 397

p: 0.0116

r: 0.13	Knowledge: empiricism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	148	78
Reject	244	228

n: 698

p: 0.0009

r: 0.12	Properties: classes
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	120
Reject	41	344

n: 534

p: 0.0049

r: 0.12	Well-being: desire satisfaction
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	137
Reject	76	373

n: 640

p: 0.0026

r: -0.12	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	127	135
Reject	329	267

n: 858

p: 0.0005

r: -0.12	Arguments for theism: moral
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	175
Reject	60	383

n: 628

p: 0.0032

r: -0.12	Arguments for theism: cosmological
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	152
Reject	144	301

n: 633

p: 0.0038

r: 0.11	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	78	144
Reject	157	348

n: 727

p: 0.0022

r: 0.11	Morality: error theory
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	196
Reject	23	479

n: 715

p: 0.0026

r: 0.11	Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	155
Reject	52	394

n: 637

p: 0.0046

r: -0.11	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	108
Reject	49	213

n: 386

p: 0.0276

r: 0.11	Consciousness: eliminativism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	204
Reject	16	444

n: 684

p: 0.0035

r: 0.11	Properties: nonexistent
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	128
Reject	29	354

n: 532

p: 0.0118

r: -0.11	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	163	102
Reject	415	167

n: 847

p: 0.0016

r: -0.11	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	181	66
Reject	439	132

n: 818

p: 0.0019

r: -0.11	Gender categories: preserve
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	167
Reject	117	345

n: 656

p: 0.0055

r: 0.11	Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	92
Reject	38	298

n: 460

p: 0.0214

r: 0.11	Truth: deflationary
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	74	167
Reject	141	405

n: 787

p: 0.0028

r: -0.11	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	176
Reject	213	343

n: 802

p: 0.0028

r: -0.11	Causation: process/production
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	43	148
Reject	112	313

n: 616

p: 0.0088

r: 0.11	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	126	139
Reject	240	351

n: 856

p: 0.0021

r: 0.1	Belief or credence: credence
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	107
Reject	118	252

n: 538

p: 0.0158

r: 0.1	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	182	83
Reject	374	217

n: 856

p: 0.0024

r: 0.1	Propositional attitudes: representational
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	96	67
Reject	203	192

n: 558

p: 0.0149

r: 0.1	Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	120
Reject	49	293

n: 491

p: 0.0268

r: -0.1	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	129	136
Reject	346	245

n: 856

p: 0.0038

r: 0.1	Morality: constructivism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	55	159
Reject	104	399

n: 717

p: 0.0097

r: -0.1	Properties: transcendent universals
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	122
Reject	95	291

n: 535

p: 0.026

r: -0.1	Truth: correspondence
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	131	110
Reject	335	212

n: 788

p: 0.007

r: 0.09	Gender categories: eliminate
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	148
Reject	64	399

n: 658

p: 0.0159

r: -0.09	Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	168
Reject	91	345

n: 622

p: 0.0193

r: 0.09	Gender: unreal
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	211
Reject	18	463

n: 709

p: 0.0125

r: 0.09	Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	60	203
Reject	110	485

n: 858

p: 0.0063

r: -0.09	Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	190	75
Reject	460	131

n: 856

p: 0.0067

r: -0.09	Other minds: newborn babies
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	201	31
Reject	482	54

n: 768

p: 0.0119

r: 0.08	Gender: social
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	165	72
Reject	344	172

n: 753

p: 0.0266

r: -0.08	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	65	131
Reject	187	304

n: 687

p: 0.0351

r: -0.08	Possible worlds: nonexistent
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	164
Reject	174	336

n: 735

p: 0.0314

r: -0.08	Logic: classical
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	113	75
Reject	326	138

n: 652

p: 0.0487

r: 0.08	Other minds: particles
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	226
Reject	8	528

n: 768

p: 0.0326

r: -0.07	Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Mind uploading: survival	Accept	Reject
Accept	114	151
Reject	316	275

n: 856

p: 0.0453

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: 0.15	AOS: Decision Theory
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	16	260
Reject	12	609

n: 897

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Philosopher: Lewis
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	36	169
Reject	40	451

n: 696

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Philosopher: Hume
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	54	151
Reject	73	418

n: 696

p: 0.0002

r: -0.13	Philosopher: Aristotle
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	30	175
Reject	113	378

n: 696

p: 0.0005

r: -0.13	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	12	264
Reject	81	540

n: 897

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Region of nationality: Oceania
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	26	231
Reject	24	572

n: 853

p: 0.0004

r: 0.11	Tradition: Analytic
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	254	17
Reject	534	81

n: 886

p: 0.0006

r: 0.11	Region of PhD: Oceania
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	19	206
Reject	16	432

n: 673

p: 0.0033

r: 0.11	AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	15	261
Reject	11	610

n: 897

p: 0.0007

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Carnap
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	19	186
Reject	23	468

n: 696

p: 0.0107

r: 0.09	Other demographics: YOB
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	133	127
Reject	272	311

n: 843

p: 0.0067

r: -0.09	Tradition: Other tradition
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	12	259
Reject	50	565

n: 886

p: 0.007

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Locke
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	12	193
Reject	8	483

n: 696

p: 0.0198

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Nāgārjuna
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	6	199
Reject	1	490

n: 696

p: 0.0198

r: -0.08	AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	6	270
Reject	36	585

n: 897

p: 0.0113

r: 0.08	Region of affiliation: Asia
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	16	258
Reject	21	606

n: 901

p: 0.0196

r: -0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Action
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	12	264
Reject	52	569

n: 897

p: 0.0383

r: 0.07	AOS: Metaphilosophy
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	16	260
Reject	22	599

n: 897

p: 0.0406

r: 0.07	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Mind uploading: survival	Yes	No
Accept	45	231
Reject	62	559

n: 897

p: 0.0415