Re[2]: Conciousness [OT]
- Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> Sep 08, 2003
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AG> Given that [1] and [2] are completely true and have occurred so AG> that one persons memories etc were copied into a robot with the AG> needed hardware, would that robot suddenly 'know' itself AG> as once being a human and now is a robot? No. It would know it once occupied a human body, but it now occupies a robotic body. AG> Would that robot really "BE" that same person? Of course. Who else would it be? :) We are our brains. Our bodies function simply to provide input and transportation for our brain. Whether this body is of flesh or of metal probably doesn't matter.