Thoughts on thoughts
Apr. 23rd, 2025 11:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dhampyresaA story I am currently experiencing posits that scanning a person's brain is enough -- modulo computer code -- to upload them into the cloud.
But is it really?
I'm not talking about a soul or the golem's divine breath of life or anything on a metaphysical level. I'm talking on a purely physical level: is the brain the only part of us that thinks?
If my spinal chord can wrench my hand away from a hot stove, is that not thinking? No, seriously. What counts as thinking?
I think (hardy har har) this is not the line of questionning the story wants me to go down, but it's where I am, and I'm really curious what everyone else thinks?
I trying out the construction "story experiencing" as an alternative to "media consumption", because I hate the passivity and destruction implied by consumption. Would also welcome opinions on this.
But is it really?
I'm not talking about a soul or the golem's divine breath of life or anything on a metaphysical level. I'm talking on a purely physical level: is the brain the only part of us that thinks?
If my spinal chord can wrench my hand away from a hot stove, is that not thinking? No, seriously. What counts as thinking?
I think (hardy har har) this is not the line of questionning the story wants me to go down, but it's where I am, and I'm really curious what everyone else thinks?
I trying out the construction "story experiencing" as an alternative to "media consumption", because I hate the passivity and destruction implied by consumption. Would also welcome opinions on this.