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in consciousness •  6 years ago 

The Ship of Theseus paradox has obtained a delightful new meaning in the era of #transhumanism. If one were to slowly replace the neurons within one's brain with machinery, the continuity of one's conscious existence would amount to precisely the same problem.

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