Some people seem to think that evolution defines everything; souls don't exist, and we and our individual thoughts are only a random collection of genes and nerve impulses, generated randomly as a reaction to our environment. So here's my theoretical experiment to prove them wrong. A single zygote is cloned from an early, unspecialized cell state. These cells are separated, and implanted into two different robotic "wombs", each in identical, yet separate rooms, that will create identical living conditions. When the children are "born", robotic humanoid look-alikes will care for these isolated twins, allowing them to grow and to learn speech, etc., but without any variation in environment of treatment. Then, a stimulus to thought, such as a book, would be supplied. Would they think identical thoughts? What I'm asking is: Do you really believe such a thing could happen, and that these children, down to every breath and heartbeat would be the same, souless, with no thoughts of their own?
2007-03-03
07:43:41
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whatifgecko
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