the switch

[Incogneeto]

Matt - where have you been reading this?
Got any links as it's a fascinating thought that we're just an operating system with a memory bank

No,No,No Chemical Reaction...

Go back to page 2.

I insert Chemical #1 into her vagina, She accepts Chemical #1 and introduces Chemical #2.

TaaDaa a Baby.!!!

Then comes The Divorce.

Incog speaks from experience. X (9)

[beej]

I'm a realist.  I think most people simply can't handle the truth that their consciousness, their being, is simply an emergent phenomena of electrochemical reactions.

You are short circuiting. If that's all we are then life is not sacred.

[Incogneeto]

You are short circuiting. If that's all we are then life is not sacred.

Sooooo If I dump a box of Baking soda down his throat , Will He Foam Up???

Or Splode like a Fizz Bomb??

Cool

[Incogneeto]

X9 was good though.
Curse that stinkin ribbon bar!

It was My Favourite!!

I spelled Favourite in Europeean just for you.

[Matthew Hajicek]

You are short circuiting. If that's all we are then life is not sacred.

What does "sacred" mean to you?

[Incogneeto]

What does "sacred" mean to you?

More Importantly....

What does it mean to you.

A Chemical Imbalance??

Hormones??

Testosterone??

If we follow the directive of your speech.

Then the guy who just horribly murdered his wife and children was not guilty.

It was an Imbalance of chemicals.

[Matthew Hajicek]

Matt - where have you been reading this?
Got any links as it's a fascinating thought that we're just an operating system with a memory bank

How about the entire body of scientific literature?  I've been following scientific literature since I was a little kid; you might have some catching up to do.  But for starters, the body consists entirely of subatomic particles, in an arrangement and a pattern of motion. There is no such thing as a "soul"; there is no part of the body that, when removed, makes it not be a living being.  The soul cannot be in the left half of your brain, because we can cut out the entire left half of your brain and still have you function, though with reduced capacity.  The soul cannot be in the right half of your brain for the same reason.  In theory, we could take both halves of your brain and put them in different bodies, and now have two people, each with reduced capacity.  If you believe in a soul, where would the soul go?

What "you" are, is a pattern, as am I.  Replicate that pattern, and you've replicated the person.  Significantly alter that pattern, and you no longer have that person.

[BrianP.]

I think incog started drinking early today.

[Incogneeto]

I think incog started drinking early today.

Nope, I just found a crack in the Framework.

and he's throwing everything he has at it. (or doesn't have)

[Incogneeto]

I think incog started drinking early today.

I would be more concerned of the Strain of Weed Matt has gotten into it certainly is not Booberry.

White widow possibly but with a hint of Koosh.

[Matthew Hajicek]

Replicate the pattern and you have a clone - this is difficult to believe because what makes us me you individuals, is surely our memory and how do you replicate that?
Also...traits? Not just humans but animals etc.
What makes a specific breed of dog or a parrot species have the exact same mannerisms?

Grow a new person from the same genetics, and you have a clone.  But that person will be a different pattern; they grew at a different time, in a different environment, had different interactions with different people, etc.  Even being exposed to a different set of random radiation (there is constant background radiation) could be enough to produce a different result.  So in a practical sense, making an exact copy is impossible.  But then you're different today than you were yesterday.  I don't think it's too far fetched to say that eventually the technology will exist to replicate a person more closely than the day-to-day difference.

Your memories are encoded in the pattern of neurons and synapses, and the cell mechanics within them.  Here's an experiment on teaching a small clump of cells to play Pong:

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-mass-human-brain-cells-petri.html

As far as heritable behaviors, genetics control (mostly) the growth of all structures in the body, including the brain.  Individuals with more similar brain structures are more likely to have similar behaviors.  But on top of that, animals like birds often teach their children, and even adults tend to learn from each other.

[Incogneeto]

Grow a new person from the same genetics, and you have a clone.  But that person will be a different pattern; they grew at a different time, in a different environment, had different interactions with different people, etc.  Even being exposed to a different set of random radiation (there is constant background radiation) could be enough to produce a different result.  So in a practical sense, making an exact copy is impossible.  But then you're different today than you were yesterday.  I don't think it's too far fetched to say that eventually the technology will exist to replicate a person more closely than the day-to-day difference.

Your memories are encoded in the pattern of neurons and synapses, and the cell mechanics within them.  Here's an experiment on teaching a small clump of cells to play Pong:

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-12-mass-human-brain-cells-petri.html

As far as heritable behaviors, genetics control (mostly) the growth of all structures in the body, including the brain.  Individuals with more similar brain structures are more likely to have similar behaviors.  But on top of that, animals like birds often teach their children, and even adults tend to learn from each other.

Ok.....

Talkin bout cells.

You brought up animals.

Why the diff??

Crocs, Birds, Humans, mammals, amphibians.

Just Chemicals??

Life would not take a left turn as evidenced by evolution.

Clone , Clone, Clone.

Chicken or the Egg??

[beej]

What does "sacred" mean to you?

Having Value beyond worldly goods.

[Matthew Hajicek]

Having Value beyond worldly goods.

In what sense?  What do you believe exists that is not "worldly"?

[Incogneeto]

In what sense?  What do you believe exists that is not "worldly"?

Apparently, you have not heard John Lennons "Imagine"


Please explain this.

A turtle lays eggs on the dunes of a beach.

The eggs hatch and immediately head to the Ocean.

You don't see them heading to the airport or The Highway.

How do they know??

Chemicals?? They were just a clump of cells inside a shell?

Instincts? That would require Thought ...No??