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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Ensoulment of machines?

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Ray Kurzweil was asked in a silicon.com interview, will machines ever have souls?

He dismissed the soul as mere "consciousness," thus finessing the issue of ensoulment.

Even if you accept that theological illogic, there is more to consider.


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