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Originally Posted by mr dave
i don't want to get all religious and stuff (i'm really not).
but from my perspective just because it's cells and organs instead of nuts and bolts doesn't make the human body less of a machine. the soul is what's passed through and remains eternal.
i don't give half a crap what some religious text or some words from a scientist's mouth have to say on the issue. just because our individual ego is tied to the limited existence of the biological machine we inhabit doesn't mean we don't and haven't been living forever. it's my personal metaphysical perspective. the only person who needs to dig it is me.
i was just tossing 2 cents into the pile.
Jans was close though, not unprotected sex, but successful procreation.
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Nah, I understand that it's strictly a personal perspective issue. Interesting one too.
My perspective is that there isn't a metaphysical element to our consciousness as individuals at all, and that the sense of being unique in our self awareness and transcendent above something as petty as meat and bones is just a function of some intricate mosaic of our intelligence and emotion that we don't fully understand. Given that, it's hard for me to imagine how transporting someone's consciousness into another entity would work. My stance on transhumanism in that regard is pretty much a logical default.
I'm ok with that too.
