On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Roger Clough <rclo...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > Those who have faith in the possibility of brain > transplants might consider this: > > You cannot separate the self (your ID) from the body. > > Your skin, the envelope of your body and self, > is part of you, meaning your self. Why ? > If somebody pricks you with a pin, it causes a body reaction. > Yoga also uses this wholistic bodymind approach, > relaxing muscles relaxwes the mind. Pretty obvious. > > The sense of touch is our most intimate sense, > and that's part of the skin. Intimate to the self. > > But free will arguments typically leave out the body > as a determinant. So, including body in the definition > of the self, I prefer to use the term "self-determination", > meaning that our will and thought and desifre > is affected by everything within our skin.
If the science is advanced enough to replace the brain, it should also be advanced enough to replace the body. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
