Ensoulment Argument 'Feels Weak': Coma and Fetus Edge Cases Will Sink It
HardCaseDept · x · 2026-10-09
Responding to technical specifications claiming machines cannot be ensouled due to lacking a body and unified experience, a critic argues the position is weak, running into edge cases like coma patients and fetuses, and predicts it will lose as an 'aggressively eroding position'.
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