On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 4:46 pm, 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> This is like saying: If you replace part of the computer screen with > drawings made on a piece of paper, what does this indicate ? Well... it > indicates that on the part replaced with the piece of paper, nothing will > happen anymore. > > On Wednesday, 24 April 2019 01:41:14 UTC+3, stathisp wrote: >> >> >> If we can replace part of the brain with an electronic component and the >> person continues experiencing normal consciousness, what does this indicate? >> > A piece of paper wouldn’t work as a computer screen replacement. Replacing an LCD screen for an LED screen would work; replacing a spinning hard drive for a solid state drive would be another example. The replacement component is different from the original, but it is functionally equivalent. Do you think it would be possible to replace any part of the central nervous system with a part that is different but functionally equivalent? > -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
