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RE: "Do You Truly Know Where Consciousness Comes From?"

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Posted by Luis Hamburgh on October 19, 2001 23:09:16 UTC

Humans have created many artificial organs, tissues, etc. It's not an entirely bizarre guess to predict that someday we will have artificial lobes (brain parts).

Then the day might come when we can replace an entire brain with an artificial one, in quarters, for instance. Once this procedure is completed, where might we say this person's consciousness come from? Would it be a major crisis for some to accept that this artificial bunch of nerves is generating/maintaining a personality?

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"Do You Truly Know Where [TV Programs Come] From?" - pmartin - October 20, 2001 - 00:13 UTC
Luis... different brain = different person? - smartguy - October 20, 2001 - 00:54 UTC
- I don't think so. - luis_hamburgh - October 21, 2001 - 20:52 UTC
  - Feynman's comment on mind - pmartin - October 22, 2001 - 03:01 UTC
    - Oops. I forgot the page number. It's 244. (NT) - pmartin - October 22, 2001 - 03:06 UTC

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