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selfawarepatterns.com
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| | | | | As a computational functionalist, I think the mind is a system that exists in this universe and operates according to the laws of physics. Which means that, in principle, there shouldn't be any reason why the information and dispositions that make up a mind can't be recorded and copied into another substrate someday, such as... | |
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talyarkoni.org
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| | | | | The question posed in the title is intended seriously. A lot of people have been studying the brain for a long time now. Most of these people, if asked a question like "so when are you going ... | |
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www.sciphijournal.org
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| | | | | by Prof. Joseph Heath Many years ago, a friend of mine who knows about these sorts of things handed me a book and said "Here, you have to read this." It was a copy of Iain M. Banks's Use of Weapons. I glanced over the jacket copy. "What's the Culture?" I asked. "Well," she said, "it's kind of hard to explain." She settled in for what looked to be a long conversation. "In Thailand, they have this thing called the Dog. You see the Dog wherever you go, hanging around by the side of the road, skulking around... | |
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qri.org
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| | | Content Warning: Trying to understand the contents of this essay may be mindwarping. Proceed with caution. | ||
