From: John Heritage (xebec@home.com)
Date: Sat Apr 17 1999 - 06:07:44 MDT
I have a few questions :
1> Does anyone know of a way (ethical or unethical - I'm asking
purely for knowledge) to "test" and "prove" whether or not
there is an existance of a soul that "attaches" to the human body
somehow?
2> We've had transplants of all kinds of organs - but we've never
had a brain transplant. If I were to detach my brain physically
from myself, and have it attached to something else that it can
communicate with (either another body, a machine that reacts
to it like a body, etc etc) -- would I have the same
conciousness/be the same person? (this one may not be obvious).
3> Final Question is I remember mentioning "uploading" of a
person's brain as a topic in here -- I will be searching the archives
for
this information later today (and I apologize for the redundancy
of this message) -- could someone email me some URLs on
information discussed regarding this topic?. (uploading : ie:
conversion of the brain cell-by-cell into something mechanical?).
Thanks alot,
John R Heritage, Jr
xebec@home.com
P.S. You can direct your replies to either my address or the list
as you desire--Thanks.
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