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8. Yes, because we don't know what consciousness is, or what is specifically necessary for it..

Sun Oct 16, 2022, 12:50 PM

Oct 2022

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How can ethicists say with any confidence that 800,000 brain cells (for example) are fine, but 800,001 are a no no?

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Lab-grown brain cells play video game Pong [View all] LudwigPastorius Oct 2022 OP

I find this very disturbing. ratchiweenie Oct 2022 #1

My first thought was amazed wonder. My second, Hortensis Oct 2022 #12

Can a run for Congress be far behind? nt Buns_of_Fire Oct 2022 #2

No worse than Herschel Walker. Iggo Oct 2022 #3

I totally thought this was a post about Herschel when I clicked on it. Nevilledog Oct 2022 #9

How kill cells without abortion murder charge? cbabe Oct 2022 #5

I would bet genxlib Oct 2022 #6

Skynet. roamer65 Oct 2022 #7

Doesn't sound much like "sentient" to me. Disaffected Oct 2022 #10

They are using the more formal definition: LudwigPastorius Oct 2022 #11

Still seems a stretch. Disaffected Oct 2022 #14

... Lucinda Oct 2022 #13

Gee, I don't see how anything could go wrong with this..... Coventina Oct 2022 #15

Relax, it's not Halloween yet. We have lots of time to build bunkers. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #16