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Old 10-29-2010, 04:14 PM   #443
Ze'Manel Cunha
 
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Default Re: Ghosts and Mind Copies - The Identity Question

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh View Post
I agree with you more than seems to be apparent. But as I said, it is hard for me to explain, even in my own language. Consider me irrational, or philosophically uneducated, or whatever.
A transhumanist belief in mind is religious, a belief that a snapshot of the information in the brain created an entity you call a mind which has volition.

We could change that to:

A faithful belief in soul is religious, a belief that when a life ends the information in the brain creates an entity you call a soul which has volition.
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