- Would that person have the same Identity? Be the same person? OR would they be the other person (the person in the donors body)? Where is their soul? Personality Traits and so on?  

What would you think if these was a realistic possibility? Is it good? Is it wrong? When does science cross the line?

Post edited at 6:10 pm on Oct. 4, 2008 by iJeannie

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therefore in answer of your question, they would have the same identity but a different shell.

their soul rests on their mental states. the soul acting like a battery that animates the inanimate is the identity.

what's good is a remote control if there's no battery inside of it? useless. utterly useless and irrelevant to relevant matters.

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Personailty traits are actually formed within the brain, and you can go on and on about whether personality is formed by enviornment or hereditary..

but yeah... that's a deep question.
I'll get back to you when i have sat and thought about it ^.^

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would never work, the body would reject it

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QFT. This guy hit it head on.

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would never work, the body would reject it

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Hypothetically speaking.. Although science has been "progressing" so fast that I wouldn't be shocked if in like 10/20 years ... it was a reality.

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I don't really understand the moral issue some may take with this.

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Quote: from HeartofJuyoMk2 at 9:11 pm on Oct. 4, 2008

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would never work, the body would reject it

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Hypothetically speaking.. Although science has been "progressing" so fast that I wouldn't be shocked if in like 10/20 years ... it was a reality.

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And the spinal cord and everything... too many, too small. Couldn't be done.

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there is a god

and his name is ijustdontknow christ

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i would think that person would change physical identity but keep their personal identity.

therefore in answer of your question, they would have the same identity but a different shell.

their soul rests on their mental states. the soul acting like a battery that animates the inanimate is the identity.

what's good is a remote control if there's no battery inside of it? useless. utterly useless and irrelevant to relevant matters.

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this

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The Broken Doll once said, "When the raven calls, we are all dead." The end.

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Self-identity lies in the brain, not the body. So, if that were even possible, the person (their brain) would be the same, and therefore the same person in a different body.

I don't really understand the moral issue some may take with this.

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How can you not understand the moral issues?

Imagine that you have a horrible accident and your body is unable to recuperate from it, they take your brain out and put it in the body of someone with the opposite physical characteristics you have. Every single time you look at your self in the mirror you see this stranger... Although you've been used to see the same face in the mirror for as long as you've been alive.  Imagine the confusion, trauma, etc; that all of that can create. If it's a new body then a lot of your normal physiological reactions, likes, etc; would be completely different.. and with that even your brain could start to change.

Not to mention the impact it could have on the people who surround you because they are used to seeing this person, you, and now they have another person, a stranger.. with your brain talking to them... How can they know is you? Imagine the connotations that something like these could create in a bigger impact like Terrorist doing this so that they are not recognized and so on.

Imagine.. the family, friends, etc of the donors body who might see that person come to life again..


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