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From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Re: Souls
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 09:09:12 EDT
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In article <1665@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) writes:

>If you alter the person, the "memories and attitudes" of necessity will
>change.  If you "restore" from a "backup" (oh, god, what a horrible analogy)
>taken before the onset of disease or death, then those experiences will not
>be incorporated in the restored brain.

I won't dispute the second statement, but I think the first is pretty
indefensible-- unless Rich has been practicing brain mutilation in his spare
hours.

Charley Wingate