On Sun, 29 Dec 1996 Chris Hind <chind@juno.com> Wrote:
>John:
>The atoms and electrons that make up the body are not "ours",
>we just rent then, they're constantly changing,
>Chris:
>I disagree, my neurons are never replaced and I never grow
>new ones therefore I own them. Yes. MINE MINE MINE!
Your neurons may not change but the atoms in them certainly do, however I
don't see why we should care about that one way or the other, because Science
can't tell the difference between one carbon atom and another. If atoms can't
even give themselves individuality I don't see how they could give us this
interesting property; unless they have some special quality that the
Scientific Method can not detect and that quality is the key to consciousness,
but if I thought we had a soul I wouldn't be wasting my time with Science and
Mathematics.
John K Clark johnkc@well.com
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