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Old 21-March-2008, 10:26 PM
Ross PK81 Ross PK81 is offline
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Originally Posted by Noclevername View Post
You only feel like you have one body, but it's actually made up of millions of cells and dozens of organs.

You think you drive a car, but actually you're driving hundreds of separate bits of metal, plasic, rubber, and gasoline.

One thing can be made up of parts, y'know. Minds included.


ADDED: And you can change the tires on it without making it a "different car".
If conciousness can be made up of several parts, I guess that would mean it can be created from a replica brain made out of microchips and circuit boards.

It's still hard to imagine that happening though.
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