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Originally Posted by abaya
Interesting. What about people who have not had their bodies replaced, but whose minds/selves/experiences have left them? Such as dementia/Alzheimer's. Are they still human?
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i think they would still be human. their dna is still human, their species is still human. just because the brain is on the fritz doesn't make them less human, it's just like having a bad kidney.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
the question seems based on the idea that being human is a sum of its parts.
so that if you switched enough parts, you'd change the whole.
do you seriously believe that?
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it's not that i believe or disbelieve. i just wonder *if* you switched enough parts, would you no longer be human, and if so, at what point?