identity – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:09:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 If we can build a brain, what is the future of “I”? https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/08/if-we-can-build-a-brain-what-is-the-future-of-i https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/08/if-we-can-build-a-brain-what-is-the-future-of-i#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:09:33 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=71759

The study of consciousness and what makes us individuals is a topic filled with complexities. From a neuroscience perspective, consciousness is derived from a self-model as a unitary structure that shapes our perceptions, decisions and feelings. There is a tendency to jump to the conclusion with this model that mankind is being defined as self-absorbed and only being in it for ourselves in this life. Although that may be partially true, this definition of consciousness doesn’t necessarily address the role of morals and how that is shaped into our being. In the latest addition to The Galactic Public Archives, Dr. Ken Hayworth tackles the philosophical impact that technologies have on our lives.

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