From: "Jacques Du Pasquier" <jacques@dtext.com>
> I think you can NEVER separate the mind from the body it is "in" (to
> use your phrasing), for the simple reason that a mind without a body
> is an abstraction, like a text without an edition.
...or like software independent of any hardware (or wetware)... it does not
exist.
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Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego, human values, scientific relinquishment, malevolent AI,
non-sensory experience, SETI
We move into a better future in proportion as science displaces superstition.
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