![]() Seeing how different authors explore the concept is an interesting thought experiment. Depending on the book, that representation of the mind can live on inside a computer, or it can be placed into and/or transferred between bodies. ![]() Fortunately, the lack of scientific evidence hasn’t stopped people from writing books about or based upon it.Ī significant number of science fiction books I read treat the human mind as something that can be captured and stored. What is human consciousness? Is it an abstract concept, an ephemeral state, or a thing that can be captured and stored? If it’s a thing that can be stored, does that “thing” represent who we are? If that thing were put into another body, or a similar body, would we be the same person?īased on my knowledge, modern science doesn’t have the answer to these questions. ![]()
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