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If you do, then what exactly defines a soul in your view?

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[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Well the thing is, it would change without those inputs. It would have to adapt to new inputs.

One would imagine that any successful replication of a human mind in technological form would also need to replicate those inputs - at least at first, until the pure mind itself could be weaned off them - if that's even possible. They are, after all, just another series of electrical signals, but they are also integral to a sense of self.

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