> On 22 Apr 2019, at 21:51, Philip Thrift <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is just Dualism which says there is (material) Matter and there is > (immaterial) Mind, and Mind operates with brains, not hearts. > > If you were a true consciousness-only ontologist, then you would say a brain > could be bio-printed just like a heart could be bio-printed, because > bio-printing is just putting cells/molecules together, and in the > consciousness-only ontology. a cell/molecule is just an idea (of > consciousness) anyway!
Good point! Bruno > > - pt > > On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 2:13:12 PM UTC-5, Cosmin Visan wrote: > A brain is not a heart. There are special relations in the brain through > which consciousness can act upon the world. You cannot copy those relations, > since they are not material. So if you "copy" a brain, you will only end up > with a dead piece of flesh. And even if you somehow manage to open the doors > for consciousness to act upon the brain, that consciousness will not have any > memory, since memories are not stored in the brain, so you would only get a > baby in the body of an adult. > > On Monday, 22 April 2019 22:07:53 UTC+3, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > There is a video there of printing a heart. > > - pt > > -- > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list > <https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
