[extropy-chat] Agency as Prime Determinant of Personal Identity.

[John K Clark]

"Heartland" <velvethum at hotmail.com>

> I'm talking exclusively about preservation of life, not about preservation
> of personal identity

Then you are talking about something that is trivial. A man who's brain has
been destroyed is still alive, so is a redwood tree, but neither of those
things interest me. The thing that identifies with me does interest me, it
interests me a lot.

> Whenever someone starts telling me I believe in souls it's a sure sign
> that whatever I've said so far must have completely gone to waste.

You are talking about something that is far more important than personal
identity but that can not be detected subjectively or objectively or even by
the Scientific Method. Change the name all you want but of course you're
talking about a soul, a soul that will permanently leave the body if you
have anesthesia.

    John K Clark