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Old 08-01-2017, 12:14 PM   #72 (permalink)
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A slower integration of mechanical/digital organs/synapses raises a different set of philosophical questions. I have yet to see Ghost in the Shell (either the anime or the apparently terrible recent film), but I understand it's more or less exclusively about the Ship of Theseus paradox (plus violence). Ship of Theseus
As long as the brain hasn't been replaced then it shouldn't matter. You can upgrade or augment certain parts of the brain I suppose, as I'm not really concerned with the nature of my consciousness so much as its continuance.
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