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Article 7460 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: max@hilbert.cyprs.rain.com (Max Webb)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Simulated Brain
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Date: 31 Oct 92 01:45:46 GMT
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In article <746@ckgp.UUCP> thomas@ckgp.UUCP (Mike Thomas) writes:
>
>> What changes have to occur so that you would say the "I" has
>> changed ?
>
>  I believe this to be my point. With no holds barred, this focus does
>  not change -- never. Ones personality, emotions, thoughts, and neuron
>  organization might change and can change, but this focus, this "I" does
>  not.

Sever the corpus callosum, and the mind can split into independent
fragments. 2 awarenesses - which one gets the mind-pearl? How is it that the
other half can be aware without having a mind-pearl?

> Michael Thomas

	Max G. Webb


