Jan 22, 2007 - 12:48 PM
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is it normal to look at ones body as a computer? sometimes i feel like a robot... well i am sorta.
Ok so im a giant bio computer that takes in information by my sensory inputs, like sight sound taste ect. it just takes in information then my brain puts it together in my head through chemical reactions. my heart is a pump to circulate oxygen, my veins are like a fuel system. my nervous system are the wires used to communicate to the brain and tell me whats going on. i look at my hand and know obviously its a bunch of bones and veins and muscles. ive heard from certain religions that the body is just a vehicle for the soul, the true essence of yourself. and food and things on earth are kinda like software... and when i put (load) them in my computer i get different results.. lol like vitamins and drugs (legal ones like caffeine ect,) i don't really have a point with this lol, but does anyone else think about stuff like this? -------------------- |
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Jan 22, 2007 - 7:28 PM
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there is a theory in philosophy that calls computers "the chinese box." the idea is this: say you put someone who does not know anything of chinese into a sealed box with a slot on each side. you give him a big manual, of sorts. pieces of paper with symbols in chinese are inserted in one slot, he references the manual...and outputs a piece of paper with a corresponding symbol on the other side. in a nutshell, he is following guidelines to perform a task, but he will never understand the chinese symbols. even as computers become more powerful, they will never be sentient beings.
the bigger question might be this: say you believe that you have a "soul." given your understanding of the science that governs your body (electrical impulses in your nervous system, chemical reactions in your stomach, etc.), how do you explain any connection between YOUR body and YOUR soul? how do you classify a connection between the natural and the supernatural? -------------------- ![]() do you know who i am, mr. worley? |
x_itchy_b_x is it normal to look at your body as a computer? Jan 22, 2007 - 12:48 PM
Culpable04 our bodies are not computer and nor like one, comp... Jan 22, 2007 - 12:54 PM
x_itchy_b_x sweet, yeah its insane to think we can clone and a... Jan 22, 2007 - 1:03 PM
Culpable04 QUOTE(x_itchy_b_x @ Jan 22, 2007 - 1... Jan 22, 2007 - 1:12 PM
Mike I think that there is a far greater correlation be... Jan 22, 2007 - 1:39 PM
amysmojo are you high? lol Jan 22, 2007 - 3:07 PM
shin QUOTE(amysmojo @ Jan 22, 2007 - 8:07... Jan 22, 2007 - 3:13 PM
easternpiro1 whatever he had be had before coming to THAT epiph... Jan 22, 2007 - 3:46 PM
x_itchy_b_x haha you guys are funny. im just sitting at work. Jan 22, 2007 - 3:54 PM
jayi12-15psi I believe that a cloned human would have a soul, w... Jan 22, 2007 - 6:04 PM
raz128 QUOTE(uberschall @ Jan 23, 2007 - 12... Jan 22, 2007 - 7:39 PM
Culpable04 let's the controversy begin Jan 22, 2007 - 8:14 PM
BloodyStupidDavey QUOTE(x_itchy_b_x @ Jan 22, 2007 - 5... Jan 23, 2007 - 4:07 AM
Rayme Id like to think of ourselves has having souls..bu... Jan 23, 2007 - 8:52 AM
x_itchy_b_x oh yeah the ghost in the machine is an awesome thi... Jan 23, 2007 - 12:17 PM
devilsden97 QUOTE(x_itchy_b_x @ Jan 22, 2007 - 12... Jan 23, 2007 - 12:34 PM
jayi12-15psi I do not believe in the idea of a soul as it is co... Jan 24, 2007 - 1:31 AM![]() ![]() |
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