http://terrbear.org/57/euww-a-robot-kill-it/ 2 parts parent, 1 part husband, 1 part atheist, 1 part skeptic, 1 part developer, 2 parts pottymouth Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:24:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://terrbear.org/57/euww-a-robot-kill-it/#comment-110 meezy Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:46:57 +0000 http://terrbear.org/?p=57#comment-110 Its like the thought experiment of: If you were able to swap one neuron/synapse in a human's brain with a man-made mechanical/electrical/chemical 100% equivalent, is that person still a 'human'? What if you replace each one, one by one until there is only 1 left, then you replace even the last one. At what point, if any, did the person stop being a 'human'? Or does the idea of 'human' lose meaning? Its like the thought experiment of:
If you were able to swap one neuron/synapse in a human’s brain with a man-made mechanical/electrical/chemical 100% equivalent, is that person still a ‘human’? What if you replace each one, one by one until there is only 1 left, then you replace even the last one. At what point, if any, did the person stop being a ‘human’? Or does the idea of ‘human’ lose meaning?

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