On 23 April 2015 at 14:32, Bruce Kellett <bhkell...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > meekerdb wrote: >> >> On 4/22/2015 9:22 PM, Bruce Kellett wrote: >>> >>> Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >>>> >>>> On 23 April 2015 at 11:37, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 23 April 2015 at 11:36, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> But not without destroying the brain and producing a gap in >>>>>> consciousness >>>>>> (assuming you could produce a working replica). I don't see that a >>>>>> gap is >>>>>> particularly significant; a concussion also causes a gap. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If comp is correct, gaps make no difference. (That would also be Frank >>>>> Tipler's argument for immortality, in the absence of cosmic >>>>> acceleration.) >>>> >>>> >>>> Even if comp is incorrect gaps make no difference, since they occur in >>>> the course of normal life. >>> >>> >>> Gaps in consciousness, perhaps. But are there gaps in the ebb and flow of >>> brain chemicals, hormones, cell deaths and divisions, ...? Or gaps in the >>> flow of the unconscious? >> >> >> I'm pretty sure there are gaps in all biological processes that correspond >> to any kind of thought/perception/awareness in the case of people who are >> cooled down for heart surgery. > > > I doubt that. Is the point susceptible of proof either way? Not all brain > processes stop under anaesthesia.
When embryos are frozen all metabolic processes stop. On thawing, the embryo is usually completely normal. If this could be done with a brain would it make any difference in the philosophical discussion? -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
