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Why does current scientific knowledge preclude it? Is a simulation of the entire human body impossible in principle, or alternatively is it known that such a si
by fighterpilot 5y ago
Why does current scientific knowledge preclude it? Is a simulation of the entire human body impossible in principle, or alternatively is it known that such a simulation won't be conscious?
- betwixthewires 5y agoBecause from our current understanding, the mind is an emergent property of the brain, not some ethereal thing contained by the brain. It might be possible to create artificial consciousness, to find consciousness that occurs in different ways, but to move a human mind out of a brain, as far as we can tell, is impossible.
- meowface 5y agoI don't understand how these are mutually exclusive. Why should it being emergent mean it's absolutely impossible to move it out of the brain? Of course it could turn out to be impossible in practice for some reason or another, or it may not happen for thousands of years, but I don't see any theoretical reason that makes it impossible a priori.
- fighterpilot 5y agoThere's a lot of unresolved debate in the philosophy of mind about how the mind might come about from the brain. Not all hypotheses assert substrate-dependant epiphenomenalism, which is what you seem to be suggesting. So our current understanding is merely that we have little clue whether it's possible. I lean towards the idea that it's possible and view the burden of proof as being on your shoulders to show why wetware as a substrate is necessary.