On Thursday, September 27, 2012 11:16:12 PM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Craig Weinberg > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > >> Replacing body parts that break down with artificial ones is > >> well-established in the medical industry, and will become increasingly > >> so in future as the devices become more sophisticated. > > > > > > Are you saying that you expect replacing someone's brain would be no > more > > problematic than replacing any other body part? > > It will be more difficult to make an adequate replacement the more > complicated the part is, but the principle is the same: put the device > in, ask the patient how he feels, observe the patient to see how he > behaves including tests and investigations. If he says he feels > normal, he behaves normally and test results are normal you have > succeeded. >
The principle is not the same. You cannot get a head transplant and assume that the 'you'-ness is going to magically follow the scalpel into your head from your body. You cannot get a prosthetic head, because without a head, there is no 'you' there anymore. Craig > > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/-/2LYmh2j2qOkJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
