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TheKak · 08-17-2003, 10:43 AM

Hypothetical situation here.

Lets say we could take a "picture" of you that mapped every single atom in your body in its exact state, with every electrical pulse exactly where it was and we made an EXACT replica of that picture, would it then be you, with all of your memories, beliefs, and in the exact state that the picture was taken in? IE would it be thinking/feeling the same thing when it is created as you were at the time of the picture? Really a question of if you believe the concious (someone spell it right for me if this is wrong) is an immaterial "thing" (ie soul?), or if everything we feel is based on brain states which could be imitated through clones/robots/computers ect.

08-17-2003, 10:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheKak Insane Location: Virginia	Clones, brain states, ect... Hypothetical situation here. Lets say we could take a "picture" of you that mapped every single atom in your body in its exact state, with every electrical pulse exactly where it was and we made an EXACT replica of that picture, would it then be you, with all of your memories, beliefs, and in the exact state that the picture was taken in? IE would it be thinking/feeling the same thing when it is created as you were at the time of the picture? Really a question of if you believe the concious (someone spell it right for me if this is wrong) is an immaterial "thing" (ie soul?), or if everything we feel is based on brain states which could be imitated through clones/robots/computers ect. __________________ Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm a schizophrenic and so am I.