A materialist would say that Souls don't exist: souls are just an idea to make people feel better about death. If souls do exist, are they a parasite or symbiant to a living entity,and do all living entities have souls? Why or why not? ~PM
> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:03:10 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [agi] The Uploading vs. Downloading Debate > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 11:56:18PM +0800, Ben Goertzel via AGI wrote: > > > > However, it's a crude term, which is why Randal Koene advocates to talk > > about "substrate-independent minds" instead... > > > > -- Ben > > > Souls are substrate independant minds. > As information theory says, information can't be destroyed, > so the experience continues after the death of the material body. > Much as fermionic electrons that die in a circuit tranform > into bosonic information or heat entropy. > Such is the fate of any living thing. > > -- > Logan Streondj > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19999924-4a978ccc > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
